65-101, KINGSDOWN PARADE

A terrace of 19 houses built around 1792, possibly designed by William Paty. The houses are constructed of brick, with some stucco, limestone dressings, rendered party wall stacks, and a pantile mansard hip roof. They are of a mid-Georgian style and have a double-depth plan.

The houses are arranged over two storeys, a basement, and an attic, with a two-window range to the front. Originally, the terrace was a symmetrical arrangement of handed pairs linked by single-storey entrance blocks, with a triple centrepiece. This original arrangement is best preserved at numbers 71 and 73, 75 and 77, and 91. Each house features pilasters to a cornice and parapet, a ground-floor plat band, and steps leading to a pedimented doorcase with fluted brackets, a four-light fanlight, and a six-panel door. The windows are 6/6-pane sashes with cambered heads featuring five stepped voussoirs. Dormers have either 3/3-pane sashes or casements. Number 101 has a two-storey canted bay, number 89 has a full attic storey, and number 65 is a three-window range with a canted ground-floor bay. The rear elevations have canted three-light oriels with flat bases at numbers 67-71, 77-81, and 91-95.

Inside number 93, the right-hand hall is divided by an elliptical arch, and a dogleg staircase features stick balusters, ramped rails, and column newels, with the rails dividing on the upper floors where they meet the columns. Ground-floor rooms are linked by an elliptical arch with two-leaf doors. Other interior features include a marble fireplace with a fluted shelf and cast-iron fire basket, sash shutters to the front and rear, six-panel doors, and cornices. The basement is accessed through a half-glazed door with Gothic panes.

The development was undertaken by James Weekes and James Lockier, using a design similar to contemporary work by William Paty, and was let to Charles Melson, who in turn sub-let plots to individual builders. The interiors, though following a common plan, vary slightly in their detailing, and many were not completed until 1802 as purchasers finished the houses to their own requirements. This terrace is part of a larger development which also includes numbers 48-86 on the south side of Kingsdown Parade.