10 and 11, New King Street

Two town houses, built between 1764 and 1770, with alterations in the 19th century. The houses are constructed of limestone ashlar with a slate roof. They have a generous plan, featuring double mansard roofs and an entry with a staircase to one side.

Externally, the houses are three storeys high, with an attic and basement, each having two windows, all of which are sash windows. Number 10 has a single twelve-pane sash dormer window above a twelve-pane window in architraves, above a plain sash window in a projecting two-storey square porch, and a plain window in an architrave to the first floor. The ground floor has a plain sash window in a splay, and a four-pane window to the basement. The porch has a six-panel door with a flat hood on pilasters with consoles; the porch returns have a small arched light at ground floor level and an entablature. Number 11 has three twelve-pane dormer windows to cambered heads, above a twelve-pane window on the first floor, a plain window on the second floor, and a window in a splay to the ground floor, with a twelve-pane window to the basement; all have surrounds similar to Number 10. It has a six-panel door in a Doric pilaster doorcase with a pediment on a triglyph frieze. Both ground floor ashlar facades are painted, with a platband on a bedmould and a modillion cornice, stopped to the ends, with a blocking course and a parapet. Coped party walls have stacks to the right. Straight joints mark the building’s sections. The rear of the properties is not visible.

The interiors have not been inspected. Each house has a plain railing on a stone curb to the basement areas, returned to the doorway of Number 11.

The external fabric reveals the staggered building history of the row, which demonstrates a broad consistency of detail with variations in elevation. The terrace was built in relatively small sections, as indicated by the straight joints.