1-6, HOWARD SQUARE (See details for further address information)

This is a group of six terraced houses (Nos. 1-6) and four further terraced houses (Nos. 9-12) forming part of Howard Square, built in 1874. The architect was possibly Wallis, acting as an agent for the Duke of Devonshire. The square is a late example of its type, notable for remaining largely unaltered. It displays a mild Italianate architectural style, featuring four storeys above a basement with a ground-level area. Each house has two three-light windows and a single, narrower window in a tiled central section. The facades are finished in cement. A continuous cornice runs above the ground floor, supported by pilasters flanking the doorways and between the windows and lights of the windows. A similar cornice tops the first-floor windows, but is separated for each house individually. The second-floor cornices are also separate, ornamented with curved or triangular pediments. The third-floor windows are framed by architraves, with the central window being round-headed. Each house includes a curved bay window of three lights extending from the basement to the first floor, finished with a cornice and a balustraded parapet above.