Numbers 48 And 50 And Attached Front Area Railings And Gates

A pair of attached houses dating to circa 1792, likely designed by William Paty. The houses are constructed with stucco over brick, featuring limestone dressings, party wall stacks, and a pantile mansard roof. They follow a double-depth plan and are built in a mid-Georgian style. Each house has three storeys, a basement, and an attic, arranged in a three-window range. The pair is symmetrical, with pilasters to a frieze and cornice, and a parapet. Each house has an outer doorway with pilasters and imposts, consoles to the pediments, moulded semicircular keyed arches, plate-glass fanlights, and six-panel doors. The windows are rectangular sashes with 6/6-pane glazing on the ground floor, smaller 6/6-pane windows on the second floor, and 3/3-pane dormer sashes in the attic. The interior was not inspected. Wrought-iron front area railings and gates with urn finials curve up Pennant steps to the entrances. The houses were planned as part of a uniform development with numbers 52-84 Kingsdown Parade, sharing a similar internal layout. Developed by James Weekes and Charles Lockier, the design echoes contemporary work by William Paty. The plots were sold to separate builders, and interior details were completed by the clients.