14A, 14B And 17, St Nicholas Street

14A, 14B, and 17 St Nicholas Street is a substantial early to mid 18th century house built for two merchant families. The building features a symmetrical front with five bays and rises four stories high. It is constructed of red brick and is adorned with stone Ionic pilasters that have carved caps reaching three stories high. These pilasters support a stone entablature with a curved frieze, although the cornice is broken off. The line of the pilasters continues as piers through the third floor, framing a panelled parapet with a moulded stone string. The windows are accented with fluted stone keyblocks, while the central first-floor window has a stone architrave and entablature, and the central ground floor window features a stone architrave with a segmental head and keyblock. All windows are fitted with stone sills.

The entrance boasts an arched central doorway set within a doorcase of fluted Ionic pilasters and an entablature with a curved frieze and pediment, featuring a mask keystone. The inner door is a six-panel design with an arched radiating fanlight, accessed by a flight of steps and flanked by a pair of wrought iron scroll pattern gates leading to the outer doorway. The central door is flanked by modern shops. Inside, the entrance leads to a central passage that provides access to the rear, with doors on each side opening to impressive staircases that ascend to the first floor. These staircases have open strings with shaped brackets, corkscrew and turned balusters (three per tread), a moulded and swept handrail, and fluted newel posts, with a panelled dado on the walls divided by fluted pilasters. Smaller secondary staircases provide access to the third floor. Although the house has been restored and converted into flats on the upper floors, several rooms still retain dado and fielded panelling, both at the front and rear.