No. 13 And Attached Railings

This is a three-storey house with an attic and basement, built around 1786, and later altered in the 19th and 20th centuries. It is located on the east side of Burlington Street and is attributed to John Palmer. The front of the house is faced with limestone ashlar, while the rear is constructed of ashlar and rubble. It has a mansard roof covered with Roman and Welsh slate to the front, and Roman slate to the rear, with two ashlar chimney stacks on the coped party wall to the right. A staircase is located at the rear.

The front has a tripartite-window arrangement, with a single bay. The first floor has three grouped, hornless sash windows, which are narrower on either side and set within an aedicular surround with stone piers that act as pilasters between the windows. The second floor has similar windows in plain reveals. The ground floor features two hornless sash windows to the right, and a six-panel door with flush moulded, fielded, and glazed panels to the left, accessed by one step over a pennant paved crossover. The basement has two six-pane sashes. A double dormer window sits on the roof with hornless sashes. There is a weathered sill band to the first floor and another to the second. The building is finished with a moulded eaves cornice and coped parapet, and a lead hopperhead is located at the eaves on the left. The rear elevation also has sash windows and casements to the double dormer, with a lead hopperhead at the eaves on the right.

The interior was not inspected during the listing process.

Attached to the property are wrought iron railings and a gate with a cast urn top and urn finial in the centre, though sections are missing to the left and right. The railings stand on limestone bases.

The house was developed in conjunction with Portland Place by John Hensley, along with several other properties on Portland Place and Burlington Street. Land was leased in 1782 and building leases were issued in 1785. The freehold of the land was conveyed in 1772 and 1783.