12 And 13, Beauford Square

Nos. 12 and 13 Beauford Square are a pair of terraced houses dating from the mid-18th century, with one featuring a shop. They are constructed from limestone ashlar with rubble at the rear and have a double Roman tile roof. The buildings are two storeys high, with an attic and basement.

No. 12 has a two-light casement face dormer above three plain sash windows set in architraves with splay surrounds. The ground floor features a small square oriel shop front, likely from the mid-18th century, consisting of three panes wide by fifteen panes high, topped with a cornice. To the left is a six-panel door in a moulded architrave, sheltered by a slab hood with shaped brackets.

No. 13 has undergone later reconstruction at the front. It includes a small two-light casement raking dormer above a twelve-pane sash window with plain reveals at each level, and a blind light in a moulded architrave to the right above a six-panel door, also with a slab hood on shaped brackets. A slight plinth shows evidence of basement openings, and the hoods are connected by a stringcourse, with a small eaves moulding. There is a deep shared stack, and at the rear, No. 12 features a wide eaves stack, while No. 13 has a raking dormer with an eight-pane sash above a plain pair and a gabled one-storey wing.

The interiors have not been inspected. Historically, these houses appear to be infills, as the openings at both ends of the main frontage are closely aligned with adjacent properties. This suggests they may have replaced earlier structures or filled a former gap. The more grand architecture by Strahan in the rest of the square begins with No. 14 to the right, indicating the interrupted sequence of development that affected Strahan's efforts to create a cohesive square.