No. 14 And Attached Railings

No. 14 Russell Street is a house, dating from approximately 1771-1773, and thought to be designed by John Wood the Younger. It is now divided into flats. The front and rear of the building are constructed of limestone ashlar, with a double-pile, parapeted mansard roof covered in artificial slate. The roof has coped party walls and two ashlar stacks with some original clay pots.

The house has three storeys, an attic, and a basement, and presents a three-window front. The first floor has three plate glass sash windows with splayed ovolo moulded architraves, friezes, and cornices, supported by lowered moulded stone sills on console brackets with wrought iron balconettes. Later 19th-century timber blind boxes cover each window. The second floor features three similar plate glass sash windows with stone sills. The ground floor has two plate glass sash windows to the right, and a six-panel door with flush beaded and glazed panels to the left. The door is set within a limestone and Pennant stone architrave with brackets supporting a projecting moulded cornice. Two steps lead to a Pennant-paved crossover with a wrought iron footscraper. A six/six-sash window and a six-panel door are located in the basement, alongside a small 20th-century window. Basement area steps have been rebuilt with concrete blockwork and Pennant treads, and include a wrought iron handrail. Dormers with plate glass sashes are located in the roof. Architectural details include a band course over the ground floor, a modillion eaves cornice, and a coped parapet. A lead hopperhead and downpipe are attached to the left side of the building, shared with No. 13 Russell Street.

The rear elevation is partially visible, with plate glass sashes to the staircase and two-light casements to the dormers. The interior was not inspected during the listing process.

Attached to the front of the property are wrought iron railings, including a lifting section and gate with shaped heads on painted bases.

Russell Street was developed by John Wood in conjunction with the Assembly Rooms and Rivers Street, on land formerly part of Holdstock's Garden or Russell's Close. This land was purchased by Wood and his trustee, Andrew Sproule, from Thomas and Daniel Omer in December 1768.