No. 7 And Attached Railings And Vaults

No. 7 is a house, later converted into flats, dating to approximately 1775, with 20th-century alterations. It may have been designed by John Wood the Younger. The front of the building is faced with limestone ashlar, while the left side is of rubble and render. A two-story limestone ashlar extension exists at the rear, topped by a mansard roof covered with Welsh slate. The roof also has coped gable and party walls, with early clay pots on the right side.

The house has three stories and a basement, presenting a five-window facade. The first floor has five plate glass sash windows with horns, set within splayed cyma moulded architraves featuring friezes and cornices, with a pediment centrally above. The second floor mirrors this design, with five similar sashes and stone sills. The ground floor also has five plate glass sash windows in plain reveals, with stone sills. A six-panel door with fielded panels is centrally located on the left, within a flat surround with a beaded reveal. The basement has a blocked window, lit by a grating in the pavement on the right, and a door hidden under a crossover. The vaults are not visible from the exterior, and there are modern area steps. Two double and two single dormers with plate glass sashes are visible in the roof. The front features a plinth on the right, a band course above the ground floor, a bracketed eaves cornice, and a coped parapet. The rear elevation is not visible.

The interior has not been inspected. Attached to the property are wrought iron railings and a gate with shaped heads resting on limestone bases.

Historically, this group of double-fronted houses was built by William Philips and others, incorporating an earlier house. A plaque on No. 4 Fountain Buildings records a restoration carried out by Knightstone Housing Association in 1981.