No. 6 And Attached Railings

This is a house, built around 1799. It was likely designed by John Pinch the Elder and was constructed as part of a lease agreement in March 1799. The house is constructed of limestone ashlar to the front, with ashlar and rubble to the rear, and render to the right side; the former party wall with the adjacent property at No.7 Northampton Street has been removed. It has a double-pile, parapeted mansard roof, covered in Welsh slate to the front, with rendered stacks to the left and right, the right stack being shared with the former No.7. A staircase is located to the rear.

The front of the house has three storeys, an attic, and a basement, featuring a three-window arrangement. The first floor has three six/six-pane sash windows in plain reveals, while the second floor mirrors this. The ground floor has two similar six/six-pane sashes to the left, with a six-panel door with a fanlight over the top, situated in a round-headed plain reveal to the right. A pennant-paved crossover is flush with the pavement. Basement windows include one six/six-pane sash and one two/six-pane sash, set in splayed reveals, a plank door located under the crossover within an ashlar infilling, and limestone area steps with a wrought iron handrail. Double dormers feature two/two and plate glass sashes. Architectural details include a band course over the ground floor, sill bands to the first and second floors, a frieze, a dentil eaves cornice, and a coped parapet. The rear elevation contains six/six-pane sashes, a four/four-pane sash to the second half landing, and a plate glass sash to a single dormer, with a small single-storey ashlar extension.

The interior was not inspected, but has been repaired following significant dereliction in 1994. The house is accompanied by attached wrought iron railings and a gate, featuring shaped tops on limestone bases. A remnant of the former No.7 Northampton Street is also attached, incorporating part of a brick rear wall and an ashlar-clad brick front wall, along with wrought iron railings with shaped tops on limestone bases.

Northampton Street was constructed on the former pleasure grounds of No. 14 Royal Crescent, originally belonging to Charles Hamilton. The land was purchased by the Pulteney Estate in 1791, surveyed by Thomas Baldwin, then with plans by Thomas Chantry subsequently superseded by those of John Pinch. By 1800, seventeen houses stood along Northampton Street, including this one.