Numbers 7 7A And 9 And Attached Railings

Numbers 7, 7A, and 9 are a pair of semi-detached villas dating from around 1826 to 1830. They are constructed with stucco over brick, featuring a hipped slate roof and two party-wall stacks with cornices on brackets. The villas have iron balconies and attached railings. The design follows a double-depth plan, incorporating a side hall and a full-height service range to the rear.

The exterior presents two storeys over a basement, with six windows on the first floor (arranged 3:3). Stucco detailing includes horizontal rustication on the ground floor with flat arches above the windows, a first-floor band, and a crowning moulded band with wide eaves supported by brackets. The first-floor windows have elliptically-arched, tooled architraves with sills on feet, while the ground-floor windows are 1/1 sashes and the first-floor windows are 2/2 sashes. The entrances are at the ends of the buildings, with flights of steps leading to set-back doors consisting of three panels: upper panels raised and fielded, lower panels flush, accompanied by sidelights and an overlight. The rear of the property retains 6/6 sashes, and number 9 has a tripartite ground-floor window with 2/2 sashes. Returns to the front have tall 12/12 staircase sashes.

The interior retains original joinery, including panelled shutters, though it has not been fully inspected. A continuous balcony to the ground floor incorporates alternate embellished and wavy rods, and the similarly embellished railings to the sides of the steps have a wreathed handrail. The buildings form a group with numbers 3-19 (odd) and 4-18 (even) on Sydenham Villas Road.