Numbers 26 And 27 And Attached Front Basement Area Railings And Gates

Numbers 26 and 27 Canynge Square are a pair of attached houses dating to the late 1840s, designed by Charles Underwood and completed by W Gingell. The houses are rendered with limestone dressings, have party wall stacks, and a slate and pantile mansard roof. They are built on a double-depth plan and represent a Neoclassical style.

Each house has three storeys, a basement, and an attic, with a two-window front. The symmetrical front features shallow projecting wings, a deep cornice, and a parapet. Single-storey porches project outward, set within a deep moulded band that links with number 28. Segmental-arched doorways have raised surrounds, plate-glass overlights, and two-panel doors. Window surrounds are raised with sill blocks and small ears. Ground-floor windows are tripartite with four-pane sashes and plate glass; first-floor windows have plate glass; and second-floor windows have two-pane sashes with margin panes. The rear elevation has a four-window range, including semicircular-arched first-floor windows with raised, keyed surrounds and tripartite first-floor windows with two-pane sashes and a cast-iron balcony with diagonal railings and Vitruvian scroll decoration. Upper windows have raised, eared surrounds and six-pane sashes.

The interior of the houses was not inspected during the listing process. Attached to the front is a basement area with spear-headed cast-iron railings.

Historical notes indicate that Gingell completed the construction after the original investors became bankrupt. The pair of houses forms part of a group of four semi-detached pairs, positioned between a composed terrace and separate pairs along the western side of the square, all designed by Underwood.