Numbers 17 And 18 And Attached Front Walls And Piers

A pair of attached houses built around 1823, possibly designed by James Foster. The houses are constructed of stucco with limestone dressings, a shared party wall, prominent lateral stacks, and a slate hipped roof. They have a double-depth plan and are in a Neoclassical style. Each house is three storeys high with a basement, and has a two-window front. The symmetrical front is divided into four sections by the thin lateral stacks, which act as pilasters, and a central reeded strip with a pedimented centre and moulded coping that ramps up to the stacks. The doorways in the three-window returns have 20th-century doors. Number 17 has single-storey, 20th-century blocks flanking it, while Number 18 has a late 19th-century canopy. The outer semicircular-arched windows are blind above the ground floor. The windows are plate-glass sashes, with some having margin panes, and others with 6/6-pane sashes. The rear elevation is similar.

The interior features an entrance hall leading to a central dogleg staircase with stick balusters, column newels, and a banded rail. The principal rooms are divided by panelled segmental arches, and doorways have reeded architraves and 6-panel doors. Features include marble fireplaces and panelled shutters and a basement kitchen range with fire surrounds. The houses have attached front garden walls made of rubble, and two pairs of rusticated gate piers.