26, Northampton Street

This is a house, built after 1819, likely designed by G.P. Manners. It is constructed from limestone ashlar to the front and rear, with a double-pile roof and a parapet to the front. The roof has double Roman detailing to the front and rear, and a coped party wall to the right with two ashlar stacks. A staircase is located to the rear.

The house is three storeys and has a basement, with a single window facing the street. The first floor has an eight-over-eight sash window in a plain reveal with a stone sill supporting a wrought iron balconette. The second floor has two six-over-six sash windows in similar reveals. The ground floor features an eight-over-eight sash window to the right and a six-panel door with reeded and fielded panels, voided corners, and a plate glass fanlight in a round-headed reveal. A wrought iron footscraper is attached to the right of the door. The basement contains an eight-over-eight sash window in a splayed reveal, partially above ground level with a grating in the pavement. A moulded cornice sits above the first floor, a lintel is present at the eaves, and the building is topped with a coped parapet. There is evidence of a former window on the second floor, now blocked and partially obscured by the window to its right. The rear elevation, partially visible, has glazing bar sashes. The interior remains uninspected.

Northampton Street and its surrounds were developed from around 1791 to a design by Thomas Baldwin, acting as trustee for William Pulteney. Construction continued from 1794 following the bankruptcy of the principal contractors, with elevations on leases signed by Thomas Chantry and John Pinch (his first major work), and was completed after 1819. Plans and elevations on leases of 12 and 25 were signed by G.P. Manners. The street suffered bomb damage in 1942, resulting in significant redevelopment of the lower section.