Numbers 5 And 7 And Attached Forecourt Walls And Railings

Numbers 5 and 7 are a pair of houses located in Holyrood Place on the Hoe in Plymouth, built in the mid to late 19th century. They are constructed of stucco with decorative stucco details and feature a dry slate roof with projecting eaves. Each house has two attic windows and stuccoed end stacks with remnants of moulded cornices and several old clay pots. The houses are designed as a double-depth-plan mirror-image pair, with one room at the front of each.

The exterior consists of three storeys plus an attic over a basement, presenting a symmetrical four-window front. Number 7, on the right, retains its original hornless sashes with glazing bars, while Number 5 has had the glazing bars removed. The ground floor features tripartite sashes set under segmental arches. Additional stucco details include key blocks at the ground floor openings, sill strings, pilastered openings with moulded hoods on consoles at the first floor, moulded architraves, and bolection-moulded panels on the shorter second floor. There is a large console under the stepped eaves on the left side. The central entrance features a pair of round-arched pilastered doorways with panelled doors and plain fanlights above.

The interior has not been inspected but is likely to be of interest. The forecourt walls and entrance bridge are topped with cast-iron railings that have a roundel frieze and spear-head finials. This pair of houses is part of an important group of terraces and villas designed by Foulston and his pupil Wightwick on the Hoe, a development that positioned Plymouth as a leader in town planning during the early to mid-19th century.