No. 33 And Attached Railings

House. Built around 1799, with 20th-century alterations. The house was likely designed by John Pinch the Elder, and was leased on 25th March 1799. It is constructed of limestone ashlar to the front, with a rubble basement, lime washed brick and ashlar to the rear, and a parapeted mansard roof covered with artificial slate to the front and Welsh slate to the rear slope. The property shares a lead-covered party wall to the right, which incorporates two stacks. The front is finished with ashlar and render, while the rear is brick and render, featuring early clay pots. A staircase is located at the rear.

The house is three storeys, with an attic and basement, and has a three-window front. The first floor has three 20th-century six/six-pane sash windows in splayed reveals. The second floor mirrors this with three similar windows, featuring wrought iron guards. The ground floor has two similar sash windows to the right, with stone sills, and a six-panel door with a fanlight over it, set within a round-headed reveal with chamfered jambs, displaying the incised numeral "33" above the door. A pennant-paved crossover is flush with the pavement. The basement has two 20th-century six/six-pane sash windows in plain reveals with splayed lintels and stone sills, and includes a half-glazed door with a four-pane overlight. Original timber area steps are largely missing. A double dormer features six/six-pane sashes, retaining part of the moulded architrave. The exterior includes a band course over the ground floor, weathered sill bands to the first and second floors, a frieze, dentil eaves cornice, and a coped parapet. The rear elevation features 20th-century six/six-pane sash windows and a cantilevered ashlar bathroom on the second half-landing, supported by cast iron columns added around 1890 by FW Gardiner (documented in a house drawing).

Inside, original plaster cornices and joinery have been preserved. The ground floor fireplace is flanked by dark brown flecked marble alcoves with cupboards at dado height. A tall, narrow triangular cupboard is set within the corner of the landing walls.

The house is accompanied by attached wrought iron railings and a gate with shaped tops on limestone bases. Northampton Street was built on the former pleasure grounds of No.14 Royal Crescent, belonging to Charles Hamilton. The land was purchased by the Pulteney Estate in 1791, initially surveyed by Thomas Baldwin, with plans by Thomas Chantry in 1795 later superseded by John Pinch the Elder’s designs in 1799. By 1800, seventeen properties existed on Northampton Street, including this one.