12 And 13, Mount Beacon

The pair of houses at 12 and 13 Mount Beacon were built around 1780 and altered in the late 19th century. They are constructed of painted limestone ashlar and hung slate, with an unseen roof and moulded stacks to the party wall. The houses have double-depth plans with rear wings.

The south-east front of No.12 was originally symmetrical with a two-window arrangement. It has six/six-pane sash windows; those on the first floor have wrought iron balconettes, and the ground floor right window is a later 19th-century full-height sash with a forward frame. A slightly canted, enclosed porch, added in the late 19th century, features a cornice, blocking course, double half-glazed doors with semi-elliptical heads to the lights and windows in the returns. A hip-roofed, slate-hung bathroom cantilevered out from the first floor of the left return also dates to the late 19th century. A single-storey wing with a pantile roof extends from the rear of the left return. Upper floors of the right return have six/six-pane sash windows.

No.13, backing onto No.12, has an entrance on Beacon Road and a one-window range facing Mount Beacon. This features a two/two-pane sash window with wrought iron balconettes on the second floor and a six/six-pane sash on the first floor. The ground floor has a two/two-pane sash to the left and a small circular window to the right. To the left of the north-west entrance front, a two/two-pane sash window is situated on the second floor, with the wall stepping out at the first floor to accommodate six/six-pane sashes on the lower floors. An enclosed porch with a coped parapet and cornice is centrally located, above which is an overlight to a 20th-century door and semicircular arches to 20th-century windows in the returns. To the right of the porch, a lobby between the first and second floors has a large, six/six-pane sash window supported by three shaped stone brackets. A lower three-storey range to the right has a pitched roof, a moulded stack to the right gable end, and small windows on each floor. The interiors were not inspected.