2, 3 And 4, St Ann'S Place

Nos. 2, 3, and 4 St Ann's Place form a terrace of three houses, built around 1771 as part of a courtyard development alongside Nos. 1 and 5-9. The houses are constructed from limestone ashlar and feature double Roman tile mansard roofs.

The houses are two storeys with an attic and basement, and all have twelve-pane sash windows. Dormers are present to the attic level. No. 2 has paired sashes with flush stone mullions at each floor, and a single sash above a six-panel, part-glazed door sheltered by a stone hood with a moulded edge, supported by shaped brackets. Nos. 3 and 4 each have three/two-pane sashes, with the windows of No. 3 having splayed surrounds. Both have similar doors to the right. No. 4 also incorporates a small basement area with a cast iron grille set within a stone curb.

Architectural details include a slight plinth that dies away to the pavement on the right, a mid-platband carried on a full-width painted wooden plate, a small cavetto cornice, a blocking course, and a parapet. The houses are slightly stepped, with straight joints between them. No. 4 has a wide parapet to the double roof, and two nine-pane sashes on each of four floors, with a glazed door at the lower ground floor. The south-facing return, with a coped gable, has two nine-pane sashes above two twelve-pane sashes at three levels.

The rear of No. 3 features a dormer above twelve-pane sashes, paired to the lower ground floor, with a glazed door to the left. No. 2 has a wide boarded gable with a vertical elliptical oculus above a twelve-pane window, and the same lower ground floor arrangement as No. 3. The lowest level of both houses is constructed from rubble, with the remainder in ashlar.

Reported interior features of Nos. 2 and 3 include stairs with newel posts shaped like Doric columns. The houses were formerly in poor condition but have since been carefully restored (by architect Aaron Evans in 1983-84) and face a stone-paved courtyard accessible from New King Street. The development is a notable example of artisan housing laid out around a close.