No.4 And Attached Railings And Vaults

No. 4 is a house, later converted to flats, dating to approximately 1775. It was likely designed by Thomas Warr Atwood, who certainly developed the property. The front is constructed of limestone ashlar, painted to the basement level, with a double-pile, parapeted mansard roof covered in Welsh slate. Two chimney stacks, rebuilt in reconstituted stone, rise from the coped party wall on the left-hand side.

The house is three storeys and has an attic and basement, with a three-window front. The first floor has three nine-pane sashes with horns, set within splayed, ovolo moulded architraves that rise from lowered stone sills, and feature friezes and cornices. The second floor has three six-pane sashes with horns, similarly framed. On the ground floor, to the left are two six-pane sashes with horns in splayed reveals with stone sills, and to the right is a six-panel door with a flush beaded, fielded glazed panel, and a single pane of glass. A stone cyma moulded architrave frames the door, incorporating flat surrounds with moulded brackets to a moulded cornice. A wrought iron footscraper is attached to the plinth block to the left of the door. There is one step leading to a pennant-paved crossover. The basement has a six-pane sash with a splayed reveal and stone sill, and a three-pane fixed light above an ashlar extension in the area. A plank door with an overlight is set within an ashlar infilling beneath the crossover. The vaults have no visible openings. Limestone and pennant steps with a wrought iron handrail provide access to the area. A double dormer window with a six-pane sash is positioned on the roof. Further details include a band course over the ground floor, a modillion eaves cornice, a coped parapet, a moulded lead hopperhead and downpipe attached to the right-hand side (shared with No. 5 Oxford Row). The rear elevation is not visible. The interior was not inspected during the listing process.

Attached to the property are wrought iron railings and a gate, which have shaped heads on limestone bases. These houses were developed on Council land by Thomas Warr Atwood, who obtained the ground in 1773. They represent a standard Palladian design typical of the 1770s and may be the work of Atwood, John Wood the Younger, or Thomas Jelly, although Atwood is considered the most likely designer. Atwood is described as a competent, conservative architect who produced exemplary elevations reflecting the English Palladian tradition in street architecture.