19 Vineyards and attached railings

House, circa 1760. Number 19 Vineyards was built as part of a terrace developed by Thomas Omer on land he acquired from Charles Hayne by indenture of 26 February 1755. The site of numbers 16 to 19 was underleased to William Biggs, and number 19 was constructed with number 18 by John Hensley. The ground had formerly been the property of the Hayne family from 1638, when Thomas Hayne purchased it from William Snygge. It passed by inheritance to Charles Hayne in 1750. The plot is referred to throughout its documented history as the Vineyards, though the date when its use for growing vines ceased is uncertain. Belmont was constructed on the west edge of the same ground.

The building is constructed of limestone ashlar to the front, now painted to ground floor, with render to basement, ashlar to right side and rear. It has a double pile mansard roof parapeted to the front, with artificial slate to front and rear. A coped party wall to the left has two ashlar stacks with some early clay pots shared with number 18 Vineyards. The right side has a coped gable wall.

The house comprises three storeys, attic and basement, with a two-window front. The first floor has two plate glass horned sashes in ovolo moulded architraves with pulvinated friezes and pediments over, with lowered stone sills. The second floor has two six-over-six sashes in ovolo moulded architraves with stone sills. The ground floor has to the left two paired plate glass horned sashes in round-headed openings with ovolo moulded architraves broken by rustic blocks with keystones breaking into the band course above, with lowered stone sills. To the right is a six-panel door with flush, fielded and glazed panels in a Gibbsian surround with ovolo moulded architrave broken by rustic blocks, a flat frieze with scrolled ends, and heavy keystones superimposed supporting a triangular pediment, comparable to the west side of Queen Square. Five steps lead to a Pennant paved crossover with cast iron footscraper. The basement has two eight-over-eight sashes in splayed reveals with continuous stone sill and a half-glazed four-pane door in ashlar and plank infilling under the crossover. A Pennant paved area bridges the area to the left. Two single dormers with six-over-six sashes are set into the roof. A band course runs over the ground floor, a sill band to the first floor is cut through by lowered window sills, and bracketed eaves cornice and coped parapet are continuous with number 18 Vineyards. The rear elevation has six-over-six and eight-over-eight sashes including to two single dormers. The interior was not inspected. A staircase is located to the rear.

Attached wrought iron railings with shaped heads on limestone bases form a subsidiary feature.