12-23, Clarence Place

This is a planned terrace of houses, dating from the early 19th century, located in Stonehouse, Plymouth. Number 12, the rightmost house, was formerly a public house. The houses are constructed of stucco, with numbers 16 and 22 having a roughcast finish. The roofs are covered in dry slate and asbestos slate, with hipped ends and projecting front eaves, and brick end stacks.

The houses generally follow a double-depth plan, arranged mostly as mirror-image pairs, each with paired central entrance halls. They are mostly two storeys in height, although number 12 is three storeys. Each house presents a two-window front. Many of the windows retain their original hornless sash glazing, although some have lost their glazing bars, while others are later replacements with horns. A few windows are late 20th century replacements. The ground-floor windows are set within large, segmental-arched recessed panels, and there is a first-floor sill string above. The doorways are pilastered and feature moulded entablatures and panelled reveals, with panelled doors where originals remain. Number 12 has sashes with glazing bars to the upper floors and a moulded parapet cornice. The ground floor of number 12 originally contained a three-bay pilastered corner shop with a moulded entablature.

The interior of the houses has not been inspected.

The terrace represents a good example of early 19th-century architecture and is in good condition within its group setting.