182 And 184, Southgate Street

A pair of houses dating to the early 19th century, located on Southgate Street. The houses are constructed of brick, with the front of No. 182 stuccoed and the front of No. 184 faced in ashlar. They have slate roofs and brick gable-end stacks. Each house is of double depth with a rear wing, and the fronts are mirror images of each other.

The symmetrical front façade is of three storeys and basements, with a raised band at first-floor level, another at the second-floor sill level, and a crowning cornice with a frieze band and blocking course. The window openings to No. 184 are particularly notable for their cast-iron decoration in the form of draped arrows.

Each house has a central doorway which is accessed by stone steps with wrought-iron railing balustrades (at No. 184). Each doorway has a rectangular fanlight and a six-panel door, the upper four panels glazed. Flanking each doorway are a late 19th century sash window to No. 182, and a sash with glazing bars in the upper frame to No. 184. The first floor of each house has two sashes with glazing bars (3x4 panes), and the second floor has two shorter sashes, all with glazing bars – 3x4 panes to No.182, and 3x3 panes to No. 184. The interior of the houses was not inspected.