62-66 London Street

Terraced townhouses, now flats. Built in about the early C19 in neoclassical style with the south terraced house now forming numbers 62-64, rebuilt in the early C20. Further alterations in 2004 as part of a conversion to flats.

MATERIALS: the east, street-facing elevation of number 66 is of ashlar Bath Stone. Numbers 62-64 have an east elevation of red brick laid in stretcher bond with Bath Stone dressings. Rear elevations in red brick. Slate roof coverings.

PLAN: two former terraced houses, now converted to flats; numbers 62-64 is of four storeys and number 66 is of three storeys with an additional attic storey.

EXTERIORS: the red brick, street-facing east elevation of numbers 62-64 is five bays wide and four storeys high. The ground floor comprises, from left to right: the main entrance which has a four-panelled door and lattice-leaded transom light set within a heavy neoclassical doorcase; and then four bays of two-over-two plate glass sash windows with rubbed brick voussoirs. The doorcase has Doric pilasters supporting an entablature and moulded cornice. A lead string course separates the ground floor from that above. The following three storeys all have two-over-two sashes with rubbed brick voussoirs. There is a heavily moulded Bath Stone cornice and brick parapet.

The Bath Stone, street-facing east elevation of number 66 is four bays wide and three storeys high with an additional attic storey. The ground floor comprises, from left to right: a tall six-over-six sash window with narrow glazing bays; the main entrance which has a six-panelled door and transom light set within a heavy neoclassical doorcase; and then two bays of six-over-six sash windows. The doorcase has Doric pilasters supporting an entablature and moulded cornice. A stone band course separates the ground floor from that above and provides the cills for the first-floor windows. The first floor has tall six-over-six sashes set into architraves with entablatures, whilst the second floor has squat three-over-six sashes set into architraves but without entablatures. Above the second floor is an entablature, heavy moulded cornice and stone parapet with a stone coping. There is a slate-covered mansard roof with three-over-six sash dormer windows to the attic.

Numbers 62 to 66 are united under a single elevation, built of stretcher-bond red brick, at the rear. All bays of fenestration contain uPVC top-hung windows topped by brick lintels.