26, 26A, 28 AND 28A, ST PETER STREET

This building consists of a pair of houses, now converted into four flats, dating from around the 1790s. The construction features smooth-plastered mass walls and an asbestos slate roof that is hipped at the ends, with an end stack that has brick shafts. The rear of No. 28 is slate-hung, while No. 26 is believed to have a cob party wall with No. 24.

Originally, it is thought that No. 26 was built as a larger house for the developer, with No. 28 as a smaller, matching rental property. The two houses have different internal layouts but both include basement kitchens. No. 26 has a rear projection that contains a more generously scaled staircase, while No. 28 has a service room in its rear projection and a more cramped turning stair within the main block. There is a side passage to the left of No. 26.

The exterior features three storeys and a basement, with a half-glazed door leading to the passage on the left. The front facade has a 2:2 window arrangement. Each house has front doors with round-headed doorways, pilasters with sunk panels, and fluted capitals. The doors are six-panel designs with fielded upper panels, and the top panels are glazed. There are blind fanlights with fielded panelled quarter-circles, and a boot-scraper is present at No. 28. The windows have boxed frames, some with old glass, and the basement windows feature bottle glass. The ground floor has 16-pane sashes, the first floors on the right have 12-pane sashes above the front doors, and the second floor has 2 over 8-pane sashes on the right and 3 over 6 on the left.

Inside, both houses retain features of interest, including original two-panel doors, stick baluster stairs of different designs, plaster cornices, cupboards with original hinges, and later Victorian chimney-pieces. This pair of houses is particularly notable as they appear similar externally, but one is significantly more modest in scale internally.