23, Northampton Street

This is a house located at 23 Northampton Street, built after 1819 with 20th-century additions, designed by GP Manners. The building features limestone ashlar on the front and rear, a double pile roof with a parapet at the front, double Roman tiles on both sides, and a coped party wall to the right with an ashlar stack topped with early clay pots at the front range, and a truncated ashlar stack at the rear.

The house has three storeys and a basement with a single window front. The first floor has an eight-over-eight horned sash window in a plain reveal with a stone sill and a wrought iron balconette. The second floor features two three-over-six sash windows in similar reveals. On the ground floor, to the right, there is an eight-over-eight horned sash window in a plain reveal with a stone sill and a wrought iron balconette, while to the left is a six-panel door with reeded and fielded panels, voided corners, a 20th-century fanlight, and a concrete step in a round-headed plain reveal with a 20th-century footscraper attached to the right. The basement has an eight-over-eight sash window in a plain reveal with a splayed lintel, partially above ground, and a grating in the pavement. The building also features a moulded cornice over the first floor, a lintel at the eaves, and a coped parapet. The rear elevation, which is partially visible, has glazing bar sashes.

The interior was inspected in 1985 and retains most of its original sash windows, although many other features have been replaced. The history of Northampton Street and the adjacent development began around 1791, designed by Thomas Baldwin as a trustee for William Pulteney. The work continued from 1794 after the bankruptcy of the principal contractors, with elevations on leases signed by Thomas Chantry and John Pinch, and was completed after 1819 with plans and elevations on leases signed by GP Manners. The lower part of the street was significantly impacted by bomb damage in 1942 and subsequent redevelopment.