20-28, OAK STREET

Nine terrace houses stand on Oak Street, dating to around 1820, with 20th-century additions. The houses are constructed of limestone ashlar, with tile or concrete tile roofs as detailed. They are arranged at right angles to Lower Bristol Road, and although likely built as a group, numbers 25 and 26 are slightly higher than their neighbours. Each house is two storeys high and features two windows per front, all sashes. Number 20 has painted ashlar and a concrete tile roof, a plain sash window, a 20th-century door, and a double-gabled return to the right. Number 21 has a concrete tile roof and a twelve-pane window above a six-panel door. Number 22 is rendered with a concrete tile roof, a plain sash window and a 20th-century door. Number 23 has a pantile roof, a plain sash window set in splayed surrounds, and a 20th-century door. Number 24 is rendered with a pantile roof, a four-pane sash window and a 20th-century door. A common first floor sill band, cornice, blocking course and parapet run along the terrace, punctuated by coped party divisions and ashlar stacks. Numbers 25 and 26 are elevated and set at a slight angle to the preceding five houses, featuring pantile roofs—number 25 has replacement windows and number 26 has a four-pane window, with a blank space on the first floor to the left, each with a 20th-century door to the left. Numbers 27 and 28 are the best-preserved of the group, with painted frontages, twelve-pane sashes (larger to the ground floor), and six-panel doors, with other details similar to numbers 20-25. The rear of the houses is not visible, and there are some extensions. Interiors have not been inspected. Historically, the terrace represents a modest row on the edge of the Georgian city, continuing in numbers 33-38 beyond the railway line, which bisected the development shortly after its construction.