25, Northampton Street

This is a three-storey and basement house located on Northampton Street, built in 1823. The design is attributed to GP Manners and was constructed by Thomas Percox, who occupied the property himself. The front of the house is faced with limestone ashlar, with rendered rear elevations. It has a double-pile roof, a parapet to the front, and a coped party wall to the right containing two stacks.

The front elevation has a single window. The first floor features an eight/eight-sash window in a plain reveal, with a stone sill and wrought iron balconette. The second floor has two six/six-sash windows in matching reveals. The ground floor has an eight/eight-sash window to the right and, to the left, a six-panel door with reeded and fielded panels, voided corners, a concrete step, a plate glass fanlight, and a round-headed reveal with chamfered jambs with ogee stops. A basement window has eight panes above and plate glass below, in a splayed reveal partially above ground level, with a grating in the pavement. Other external details include a moulded cornice over the first floor, a lintel at eaves level, and a coped parapet. There is evidence of a former window on the second floor, now blocked and partially obscured by the existing window to the right. The rear elevation has a pair of plate glass sashes to the second floor, and glazing bar sashes below. The interior has not been inspected.

Northampton Street and its surrounding development began around 1791, designed by Thomas Baldwin for William Pulteney. Construction continued from 1794 after the bankruptcy of the original contractors, with elevations on leases signed by Thomas Chantry and John Pinch. The development was completed after 1819, with plans and elevations on leases for numbers 12 and 25 signed by GP Manners. The house suffered bomb damage in 1942, which impacted the lower part of the street. A 1000-year lease was granted by Thomas Scott Esq. to Thomas Percox on 11 March 1823. Deeds relating to the property were held at the house in 1991.