Kent House, 4 and 4A Howard Street

A pair of town houses, built in the early C19.

MATERIALS and PLAN : the buildings are of exposed red brick and stucco with a roof covering of slate. The brickwork differs slightly in colour between the two buildings, although this may be a result of cleaning and repointing of each building at different times. Three storeys plus basement.

EXTERIOR: the building is a symmetrically-composed pair of town houses across two bays on the entrance front. The ground floor of both properties is stuccoed, with that at 4A Howard Street being channelled, and contains a single, round-headed sash window and five-panelled door under a plain rectangular fanlight set within a round-arched recess adjacent to the party wall. The upper floors are of exposed brickwork in Flemish bond, with a stucco plat band at first-floor cill height. Each townhouse contains two six-over-six sash windows on the first floor and two three-over-three sash window on the second floor. All eight windows on the upper floors sit under well-crafted flat arches in gauged brickwork. A stucco, corniced parapet conceals a pair of hipped slate roofs.

The rear (western) elevation is of exposed brickwork and contains a variety of sash and modern casement windows. There is a two-storey, full-width extension at 4A Howard Street.