Norfolk Buildings

Norfolk Buildings comprise a terrace of ten houses, begun in 1836, designed by Thomas Fulljames. The buildings are now subdivided into flats and contain several shops. Constructed in brick faced with ashlar, with some houses painted, they have low-pitched, hipped slate roofs and brick stacks. The architectural style is Greek Revival.

The terrace is situated between Theresa Street and Alma Place, set back from Bristol Road behind front gardens. The design includes three pairs of double-depth block and mirror image houses, with rear wings, flanked at each end by a projecting block of two larger houses. The houses at each end have separate entrances from the side streets.

The two-storey buildings include basements and attics. The fronts and return elevations feature a giant order of pilasters with moulded bases and capitals, defining the bay divisions. There is a raised band at first-floor sill level and a continuous crowning entablature and parapet. The central six houses each have mirroring pairs, with two narrow bays framing recessed entrance porches and two wider bays. Ground floor doorways are accessed by stone steps leading to the porches, which have moulded architraves supported by console brackets. The doorways originally had timber frames with sidelights and rectangular fanlights (some with margin glazing bars), and six-panel doors with fielded upper panels. The wide bays on the ground floor feature tripartite windows with a central sash and narrow side sashes; the first floor has sashes in each bay, all originally with glazing bars (3x4 panes, and 1x4 panes in the sidelights), although these have been replaced in some houses. The projecting pairs at each end of the terrace have five bays, with a slight projection to the central three. The second and fourth bays on both floors contain sashes, while the other bays are blank.

The side street elevations each have three bays, with projecting, single-storey, closed entrance porches above basements. These porches lead to doorways approached by stone steps with a solid balustrade. Each porch features corner pilasters and a crowning entablature. Doorways have fanlights and six-panel doors.

The interior was not inspected. Originally known as Theresa Place.