23 Windsor Street, Dundee

The building at 23 Windsor Street, Dundee, is a long terrace of houses constructed circa 1851-1872. The design blends neoclassical elements at the southern end with Renaissance details at the northern end. The latter section of the terrace was designed by James MacLaren, and the building steps down towards the river.

The terrace comprises 28 houses, numbered 1 to 28 inclusive. The first eight houses (Nos. 1-8) display a severe neoclassical style from 1851-1872. These are arranged in pairs of three-bay houses, with each pair featuring two central doorways framed by architraves and cornices. Aprons are present below the first-floor windows. A main cornice runs along the top, and there is a balustrade, surmounted by an M-shaped slate roof with ridge stacks. Numbers 2 and 3 are slightly recessed.

Numbers 9 to 18 comprise five stepped pairs of three-bay houses, with basements from Number 11 onwards. These houses feature two central doorways adorned with consoled pediments, and windows set within lugged architraves, segmentally arched at the first floor, and keystoned over the doorways. A main cornice and balustrade are present; the balustrade is missing from numbers 9, 10, 17 and 18. The slate roofs are platformed and feature four round-headed dormers with casement windows, except for numbers 17 and 18.

Numbers 19 and 20 are single, stepped four-bay houses, similarly styled to numbers 9-18. Number 19 has a pedimented doorpiece in the third bay, which has been moved to the fourth bay at Number 20, along with a corniced detail. Number 19 also has three round-headed dormers. Balustrades are missing from both.

Number 21 is a five-bay house in a similar style, with a central, pedimented doorpiece, balustrade, and dormers. Numbers 22 and 23 are similarly styled, single, stepped three-bay houses with pedimented doorpieces on the left, along with balustrades and two dormers each.

Numbers 24, 25 and 26 are single, stepped three-bay houses. Number 24 has consoled cornices to the left-hand doors; the roll-moulded windows are segmentally arched at the first floor, and dormers are missing (updated 2020). A balustrade is missing from Number 25, but it is present at Number 26, along with two dormers.

Numbers 27 and 28 are a pair of three-bay houses with paired central, consoled, pedimented doors. The windows are in margins and segmentally arched at the first floor, with label stops. A cornice is present, but the balustrade is missing; Number 28 has two round-headed dormers.

The windows throughout the terrace are predominantly two-pane sash and case. However, some original 12-pane windows remain at numbers 1 and 8, and the original dormer windows are T-shaped casements. Slate roofs are present, along with ridge stacks.