2 And 3, John Street

2 and 3 John Street are a pair of houses that have been converted into a restaurant, known as the Fire House Rotisserie, and a pub/dining room called the Salamander. These buildings were constructed between 1736 and 1737, with some alterations made in the early and late 19th century, as well as in the 20th century. They are made of limestone ashlar, with No. 2 painted, and both have double Roman tile roofs.

The exterior features three storeys, each with three sash windows. No. 2 has two four-pane windows above three plain ones, along with a full-width pilaster shopfront from 1902, which includes a door and transom light on the left. No. 3 has an early twelve-pane window in the attic and a plain sash window below. The ground floor of No. 3 has an early 19th-century shopfront that was altered in the late 19th century, featuring an oriel display window and a door to the left, with a house door to the right. A deep platband has mostly been cut away at the ground floor, and there is a slight break back from No. 2 to No. 3, which includes a full entablature above the first floor, although the eaves are plain and straight. There is a large central stack.

The interiors of both buildings have been significantly altered. The first-floor front room of No. 3 retains a box cornice, but the rest of the interior has been modified for use as a pub and dining room.

These buildings are part of John Wood the Elder's Queen Square scheme, which included more modest fourth-rate houses located behind the square. Attics were added in the mid-19th century. Despite the modifications, these houses are of interest as they represent the scale of a former mid-18th-century terrace on this side of the street.