27, Northampton Street

This is a house built after 1819, likely designed by GP Manners. It is constructed of limestone ashlar to the front and rear, with a double-pile roof and a parapet to the front, covered with concrete tiles. The roof has two ashlar chimney stacks, one featuring an early clay pot on the front, situated on a coped party wall to the right. It’s a double-pile design with a staircase to the rear.

The house is three storeys and has a basement, with a single window to the front. The first floor has a three-pane sash window set in a splayed reveal, with a stone sill and wrought iron balconette. The second floor features a one-pane plate glass sash window, also in a splayed reveal with a stone sill, alongside a two-pane sash window. The ground floor has a two-pane sash window to the right, a six-panel door with reeded panels and fielded panels with voided corners, and a plate glass fanlight in a round-headed, splayed reveal displaying the incised number 27, which is likely from the 19th century. A wrought iron footscraper is attached to the right of the door. The basement has a two-pane sash window partially above ground, with a grating in the pavement. The building has a moulded cornice above the first floor, a lintel at eaves level, and a coped parapet. The rear elevation, partially visible, has two-pane and glazing bar sash windows. The interior was not inspected during listing.

Northampton Street and the surrounding development began around 1791, initially designed by Thomas Baldwin as a trustee for William Pulteney. Construction continued from 1794 after the principal contractors went bankrupt, with elevations on leases signed by Thomas Chantry and John Pinch (Pinch's first major work). The street was completed after 1819, with plans and elevations on leases of 12 and 25 signed by GP Manners. The street suffered bomb damage in 1942, leading to subsequent redevelopment which significantly impacted the lower part of the street.