Brunswick House And Attached Railings

Brunswick House, now flats, was built in 1783, with alterations in the 19th and 20th centuries. The development was undertaken by John Fielder and Thomas and James Beale and built by James Matthews. The house is constructed of limestone ashlar to the front, with rubble below the basement windows. It has a double pile parapeted roof to the left, featuring ashlar stacks with some early clay pots on a coped party wall. To the right, a parapeted mansard roof covered in Welsh slate, possibly double pile, has a truncated ashlar stack. The building’s wedge-shaped plan narrows to the rear and breaks forward to terminate Brunswick Place.

The first floor has three plate glass horned sashes in splayed reveals to the left, and a six/six sash in a splayed reveal to the right. The second floor has three two/two horned sashes in splayed reveals with stone sills to the left, and two six/six sashes with stone sills to the right. The ground floor features three plate glass horned sashes in splayed reveals with a stone sill to the left, a small circular opening with a metal grille, and an eight-panel door with fielded and glazed panels, which includes an early letter plate stamped with “BRUNSWICK HOUSE” and is accessed via three steps in a pedimented Doric doorcase. Basement windows consist of two six/six sashes in splayed reveals with stone sills, a blocked doorway to the left, a small six-pane fixed light window to the left return of the break forward, and a 20th-century two-pane window with a splayed lintel to the right. The mansard roof to the right has a double dormer with a six/six sash, and two two/two horned sashes with stone sills, along with a similar blind window to the centre.

A plinth is present to the right, and a band course over the ground floor has incised lettering reading “BRUNSWICK PLACE”. A weathered sill band is present to the first floor, and a bracketed eaves cornice with a coped parapet is present to the right. The left side has been built up to a full third floor with a small hollow moulded cornice and coped parapet. The interior has not been inspected. Attached wrought iron railings with shaped heads on limestone bases are also part of the property.