Napier House And Attached Wall And Pier

Napier House and attached wall and pier are a pair of houses, now a house on the left and offices on the right, dating to circa 1820-34. The building is constructed of stucco over brick, with a hipped slate roof to the central portion, ridge stacks of stucco and end stacks of brick. A pinkish-brown brick wall and stucco pier are also included.

The exterior presents two storeys over basements, with six first-floor windows arranged in a 1:4:1 configuration. Stucco detailing includes pilasters at the ends of the main range and to the party wall, featuring sunk panels, a first-floor band with foliate decoration, and friezes with scroll decoration. Wide eaves and 6/6 sash windows throughout, including those on the basement level, are present in plain reveals with sills. The entrances at each end, the right one set back below the first floor, feature French windows to the left and a five-panel, part-glazed door with sidelights and overlight to the right. A recess on the right includes Doric pilasters. An attic dormer incorporates casement windows, although a skylight is also present. The left return side has three first-floor windows, plus a first-floor band and low parapet with copings. A round-arched entrance opening with embellished imposts, accessed by a curved flight of steps, features six-panel double doors and a fanlight with decorative glazing.

Interior details are not available due to a lack of inspection.

Subsidiary features include individual first-floor balconies with embellished rods. A long balcony with a web motif is located on the ground floor left, alongside a further balcony incorporating scrolled lozenge motifs. The porch to the left has a tent roof supported by anthemion brackets. A notable feature is the long balcony at No.1, Park Place, described by Chatwin as 'outstanding'. The attached wall, approximately 5 meters long, incorporates a rusticated pier on a chamfered plinth, a dentil cornice, and a pineapple finial.

Historically, the building was known as Andover Place on Merrett's Map of 1834; Suffolk Road was then known as Commercial Street. It shares a similar design with Nos. 76 and 78 Suffolk Place and abuts Tunstall House, No. 3 Park Place, to the rear.