48 And 50, Pembroke Road

A pair of attached houses located on Pembroke Road, Clifton, built around 1850. The houses are constructed of limestone ashlar with party wall stacks and a hidden roof. They follow a double-depth plan and are in a Neoclassical style.

Each house is two storeys high, with a basement and attic, and features a three-window facade. The front is symmetrical, with clasping and paired giant pilasters rising to an entablature and cornice. The attic storey includes pilasters that lead to a moulded, coped parapet. The outer windows are set back, featuring single-storey porches. The porch to No. 48 has been extended, while No. 50 has pilasters framing an open, corbelled semicircular arch, alongside a semicircular-arched window above a two-panel door. Ground-floor windows have pilaster jambs, moulded heads, and aprons; first-floor windows have eared architraves and two slate balconies with cast-iron brackets and railings, and eared attic windows. The windows are primarily 2/2-pane sashes with margin panes, except for the semicircular-arched first-floor windows at each end, which have double margin panes and architraves.

Inside, a central stair hall contains a side dogleg staircase with turned balusters. Other features include six-panel doors, panelled shutters, modillion cornices, and fireplaces with fluted Corinthian columns. The group value of this listing rests in its contribution to the architectural character of Clifton.