Faithfull House (Northern Part) And Attached Area Balustrade

Faithfull House (northern part) and attached area balustrade are two terraced houses, dating to the 1840s and converted in the 1970s. They were likely designed by Edward Jenkins for developer James Fisher. The houses are constructed with stucco over brick, featuring an ashlar porch and a concealed roof. There are iron balconies and an attached area balustrade.

The houses are three storeys high, with a basement, and have six windows on the first floor. A two-window breakforward incorporates fluted Corinthian pilasters at the ends and the centre, extending through the first and second floors, along with outer end pilasters; a first-floor band; and a crowning dentil entablature. The ground floor has horizontal rustication, drawn into the voussoirs over the windows. The windows are predominantly 6/6 sashes with plain reveals and sills. First and second-floor windows are set within tooled architraves, with those on the first floor having a frieze and cornice. There are paired entrances; the entrance on the left has been blocked and replaced with a sash window. The other entrance has a four-panel door, partly glazed, with a margin-light overlight. A flight of six roll-edged steps leads to a five-columnar Corinthian portico with a dentil entablature.

The interior retains many original features, including two adjoining dogleg staircases with alternate stick and embellished rod balusters, and wreathed handrails. Panelled shutters are present on some windows, and the ceilings feature embellished cornices with grape friezes.

The first floor has a continuous balcony from the Carron Company, featuring a double heart-and-anthemion design. The area balustrade incorporates a double stylized heart motif.

Suffolk Square occupies land purchased by the Earl of Suffolk from the de la Bere family. His daughter later sold much of the land, which now comprises Suffolk Square. The Square was planned but not fully complete on the Post Office Map of 1820, and Faithfull House was not marked on Merrett's Map of 1834. The building forms part of a distinguished group within Suffolk Square. A residential home also includes Faithfull House (central and southern part), which is listed separately.