Number 17 And Attached Basement Area Railings, Gates And Piers

Number 17 is a house dating from around 1780, built in the mid-Georgian style. It is rendered with limestone dressings, has party wall stacks, and a hidden roof. The house follows a double-depth plan and is arranged over three storeys, an attic, and a basement, with a three-window front. The symmetrical facade has pilaster strips that lead to a moulded cornice and parapet. The semicircular-arched doorway is framed by attached Doric columns, an entablature with triglyphs, an open modillion pediment, and a blocked fanlight above a six-panel door, the upper four panels being raised with cut-out corners. The windows are mostly 8/8-pane sashes, with 4/8-pane windows on the second floor. A semicircular-arched stair window with a timber lining is centrally placed on the second floor. The rear elevation features a full-height canted bay on the left.

Inside, a full-height central stairwell leads to an open dogleg staircase with stick balusters, column newels, a ramped and wreathed rail, and curved brackets. The stairwell is separated from the central hall by an elliptical arch. The interior features reeded architraves with corner roundels to six-panel doors, reeded marble fire surrounds with corner roundels, panelled shutters, and cornices decorated with vine leaves. There are elliptical-arched recesses in the principal rooms.

Attached to the front of the house are wrought-iron area gates and railings with urn finials, capped corner piers, and steps leading down to the basement entrance. The property forms part of a terrace alongside numbers 16 to 19 and is connected by a continuous cornice.