Numbers 16 18 And 18A And Attached Railings

Numbers 16, 18, and 18A are a pair of semi-detached villas, now used as three separate dwellings, dating from approximately 1826 to 1830. The houses are built of stucco over brick and have a hipped slate roof. Two tall party wall stacks rise through the roof, finished with cornices supported by brackets, and there is an iron balcony. They have a double-depth plan, incorporating side halls and full-height service ranges to the rear.

The exterior is two storeys high, with six windows on the first floor (a 3:3 arrangement). Stucco detailing includes horizontal rustication to the ground floor, flat arches above the ground-floor windows, a first-floor band, and tooled, elliptically-arched architraves and sills below the first-floor windows, which are set on decorative feet. A wide eaves frieze is supported by brackets, with incised panels between. The first-floor windows have elliptical, two-horizontal-pane sashes, while the ground floor windows are 1/1 sashes, all set in plain reveals. Each house has an entrance at each end, with flights of steps leading to four-panel doors accompanied by sidelights and overlights. The rear of the properties retains six-pane and two-pane sashes, some with margin lights, and the returns have two-pane horizontal-pane staircase sashes.

The interior has not been inspected. Original railings to the sides of the steps feature embellished rods and a wreathed handrail. Continuous ground-floor balconies incorporate alternating plain and embellished rods. Numbers 3-19 (odd) and 4-18 (even) form a group with architectural harmony.