No.9 And Attached Railings And Vaults

No. 9 is a house, later converted into flats, built around 1775, with alterations made in the 19th and 20th centuries. It is likely that the design was by Thomas Warr Atwood, who certainly developed the plans. The front of the house is constructed from limestone ashlar, painted at basement level, with rubble stonework visible beneath the basement windows and at the rear. The building has a double-pile, parapeted mansard roof covered with Welsh slate at the front and artificial slate at the rear, and features two ashlar chimney stacks rising from the coped party wall to the left.

The house has a three-storey, attic, and basement design with a three-window facade. The first floor has three six-pane sash windows with ovolo moulded architraves, stone sills, friezes, and cornices, while the second floor has three plate glass sash windows with similar architraves and sills. A smaller, plain window is set into the second floor to the right. The ground floor has two six-pane sash windows with splayed reveals and lowered stone sills to the left, and a six-panel door with flush fielded and glazed panels, a cast iron lion's mask knocker within a stone doorcase, and a moulded architrave. A single step leads to a pennant-paved crossover with a 19th-century cast iron footscraper. The basement level features two six-pane sash windows with plain reveals and stone sills, a 20th-century door within a timber screen beneath the crossover, a doorway leading to vaults, and 20th-century area steps. A double dormer window with a plate glass sash is located in the roof. Other external details include a band course above the ground floor, a modillion eaves cornice, and a coped parapet. The rear elevation, partially visible, has plate glass sash windows to the first and second floors, and a triple dormer with plate glass sash windows. The interior has not been inspected.

Attached to the house are wrought iron railings and a gate with shaped heads atop limestone bases. These houses were developed on council land by Thomas Warr Atwood, who secured the ground in 1773. The design is typical of Palladian style houses from the 1770s and may be the work of Atwood, John Wood the Younger, or Thomas Jelly, although Atwood is considered the most likely architect. Historical records indicate he was a competent, conservative architect with elevations that exemplify the English Palladian tradition. The property includes access to vaults.