Dowry Parade

This is a pair of attached houses on Dowry Parade, built between 1763 and 1764. They were divided into separate dwellings around 1790. Constructed by Benjamin Probert and Robert Comfort, the houses were designed in the style of Thomas Paty. They are built of red brick with limestone dressings, featuring large brick chimney stacks and a pantile double-depth roof. The houses are of a mid-Georgian style and have a double-depth plan. They are three storeys high with an attic and basement, and have a five-window-range front. The symmetrical front features rusticated pilaster strips and a moulded coping. The paired central doorways have raised ashlar surrounds, imposts, and a cornice, with semicircular arches above and 20th-century doors. The windows are 6/6-pane sashes in flush frames, and there are two raking dormers; the middle windows across the party wall are blocked. Steps lead down to open basement areas, and arched cellars are located beneath the deep, flagged pavement, formerly with railings. The interiors have not been inspected. A historical note indicates that doorcases with Gibbs surrounds and pediments, similar to those found on the single-fronted houses in Dowry Parade, were replaced during the division. The builders used designs similar to those of Thomas Paty.