Former Gas Nightclub

This is a pair of two houses, built around 1805 and later altered in the 20th century to create a nightclub. The buildings are constructed of ashlar stone over brick, with a stucco finish to the left-hand section. The roof is concealed, and there is an iron balcony.

The main façade is four storeys high with six windows on the first floor (a 3:3 arrangement). The left-hand section is slightly recessed. The ground floor of this section features two inserted, elliptically-arched recesses containing 20th-century doors. To the right, the ground floor has three tall 6/6 sash windows set within wider, taller round-arched recesses, forming an arcade supported by pilasters. A sill band runs along the first floor. The first-floor windows are tall 6/9 sashes; those on the left have fluted architraves and projecting cornices, while two on the right have a frieze, stepped cornices on console brackets, and a pediment above the second window from the right. A sill band marks the second floor, which has 6/6 sash windows. The third floor has 3/3 sash windows with sills, all in plain reveals. A decorative frieze, cornice, and blocking course top the façade.

The right return elevation is four storeys high, with four windows on the first floor and a three-storey, three-window range set back slightly. A pilaster runs the full height of the right end. The ground floor has an off-centre entrance on the right; it features 20th-century glazed doors with a fanlight in a wide, round-arched opening. There are two 6/6 sash windows and a blind opening. A sill band runs along the first floor. Above the entrance is a 6/9 staircase sash, with three blind openings above. A sill band marks the second floor, with blind outer windows and two 6/6 sashes. The third floor has blind outer windows and two 3/3 sashes. The entablature continues from the front façade. A three-storey range has 20th-century glazing and a glazed door. The first floor has 6/9 sashes, with first- and second-floor sill bands, and a cornice with a blocking course.

The interior retains a dogleg staircase with stick balusters and a wreathed handrail on the right-hand side. Some original plasterwork remains.

A first-floor balcony with a rod-and-central-circle motif, and half-circles to the friezes, is attached to the right-hand section of the main range. The ironwork is similar in design to the ironwork on houses on St George’s Place and at No. 112 London Road.