Numbers 2 To 7 (Consecutive) And Attached Front Area Railings

Numbers 2 to 7 form a terrace of six houses, likely built around 1762, and probably designed by Thomas Paty. The buildings are constructed of brick with limestone dressings, featuring brick party wall stacks and a pantile roof with both hipped and gabled sections. They are arranged with a double-depth plan and represent a mid-Georgian style.

Each house originally stood three stories high, with No.5 having four stories, a basement, and an attic. They originally presented a three-window front. The houses were originally conceived as a formal group, articulated by rusticated pilasters, although the left end pair are now missing. The floor heights vary, attempting to reduce the steps in the cornice and parapet to accommodate the sloping site. A continuous roof covers the left half of the terrace, while the right half has hipped roofs.

The doorways, set within the party walls, have Gibbs surrounds with stepped keys and pediments. They feature rectangular overlights with plate glass and six-panel doors. The middle pair of houses have plainer, pedimented doorcases supported by consoles, with No.3 having a frosted tympanum. Windows have cambered heads with five stepped voussoirs, housing horned sashes of varying heights with plate glass. Some windows have 6/6 panes. The middle pair have first-floor French windows with margin bars, and wrought-iron basket balconies can be found on No.4. No.7 has a central Doric portico with wreaths on the entablature, leading to a six-panel door. The right return of No.7 features a three-window range, quoins, and a cornice. Ground floor windows have cambered heads, while those above have flat boxes containing 6/6-pane sashes. A paved area extends forward, projecting over the basement levels.

The interior of No.4 features an entrance hall separated by a semicircular arch on fluted pilasters, panelled walls with egg-and-dart details, and a dogleg staircase with column-on-vase balustrades, column newels, a ramped toadback rail, and matching wainscot. A semicircular arch with pilasters and panelled reveals is located on the half-landing. A 20th-century doorway leads through to No.5, which includes a front left room with a flat arch on Doric columns and a rear room with wainscot and a modillion cornice.

Attached wrought-iron railings with urn finials are present at the front of the terrace. The buildings are part of a square laid out by George Tully around 1740, although houses on the southeast side of the square have been demolished.