South Parade (Terrace) And Attached Front Area Railings

South Parade is a terrace of thirteen houses built around 1840 in limestone ashlar. The houses are of double-depth plan, with three storeys, a basement, and an attic, arranged in a two-window range. The terrace has projecting end and central houses, although the right-hand pair have been demolished.

The architecture is formal, with a rusticated ground floor, a plat band, a second-floor sill band, a bracketed cornice, and a coped attic. Steps lead to the doorways, which have recessed jambs, imposts with guttae and brackets above. These doorways are topped with plate-glass overlights and feature six-panel doors. Ground-floor windows are tripartite with 2/2-pane sashes; upper windows have architraves with 6/6-pane sashes, and there are 3/3-pane sashes in the attic. No. 47 has two ground-floor sashes. A full-width, tented slate balcony sits on cast-iron brackets with Greek Revival decoration.

The left-hand end of the terrace is a two-storey block featuring a doorway with fat Greek Doric columns to an entablature, a central 10/10-pane sash flanked by blind windows, and a first floor with three 3/4 Ionic columns on pedestals leading to a tripartite front window, alongside three 8/8-pane sashes.

The interior includes an elliptical hall arch, a dogleg staircase with side rails, shutters, and panelled doors. Attached front area railings are also part of the listing. The terrace shares decorative details with Melrose Place.