13, Vineyards and attached railings

This is a house, built around 1765-1775, likely with some alterations in the 19th century. It was developed by Thomas Omer and is now divided into flats.

The front of the house is rendered with ashlar stone details, while the basement is built of rubble and squared stone. The left side above the adjoining house is rendered, and the rear is a mix of painted brick and ashlar. It is a double pile house with a parapeted roof, a mansard roof to the rear, and a hip roof to the right. The front has Welsh slate tiles, the rear has artificial slate, and the left side has a coped gable wall with a large ashlar chimney stack. An external staircase is located at the rear.

The house has four storeys and a basement, with a two-window facade. The first floor has two nine-pane sashes within splayed architraves. The second floor has two six-pane sashes within splayed architraves, with a continuous stone sill. The ground floor has two six-pane sashes with a continuous stone sill on the left, and a six-panel door to the right, featuring fielded panels, a single glazed panel, and a 19th-century cast iron knocker on a single Pennant step within a Tuscan doorcase. There are two Pennant steps leading to a crossover. The basement has a six-pane sash and a glazed door with a three-pane overlight. Rusticated quoins are visible at the left and right corners, with band courses above the ground and first floors. A moulded cornice tops the house, finishing with a coped parapet with four decorative features. The rear elevation has plate glass sashes, and a three-storey rear wing features openings with quatrefoil, pointed, and trefoil heads.

The interior was not inspected during the listing process.

The site was formerly owned by the Hayne family from 1638. In 1755, plans to sell the land to Thomas Omer for building were advanced, and ultimately realized in 1765 with an indenture between Charles Hayne and Thomas Omer (with Thomas Jelly as trustee). The plot has a history of being referred to as 'Vineyards,' although the use of the land for growing vines is uncertain. A row of houses north of the Countess of Huntingdon's Chapel, originally called Harlequin Row due to its unusual brick and stone construction, was associated with the architect Thomas Fuller's office in 1857.