4 Hyndford Street, Dundee

4 Hyndford Street, Dundee is a High Victorian Gothic, three-house asymmetrical terrace, built around 1885 by Charles and Leslie Ower. The building is constructed of coursed squared rubble with ashlar dressings.

The eastern elevation is divided into distinct sections. The bay to the left (No. 2) features a gabled projection with a four-light canted window on the ground floor, supported by cast-iron brattishing. Above that is a three-light, stilted Tudor-arched and hood-moulded window, followed by a two-light segmental arched window within a steep, bracketted bargeboarded gable, which is missing its finial. To the right of this is a doorway leading to a four-stage tower. The tower’s first stage contains a segmentally pedimented window; the second has windows with moulded arrises and a steep pediment; and the third incorporates mullioned and transomed windows in hoodmoulds—three lights face east, two lights face north. Above the tower is a square, corbelled building, topped with an octagonal, faceted spire, with a roof that is partly fish-scale, and a wrought-iron finial.

The central three bays are symmetrical and recessed. A canted bay extends from the ground floor to the first floor, with corbelled cast-iron brattishing on the first floor (missing from the second). Doorways to Nos 4 and 6 are located on either side, with moulded arrises and lead porch roofs. Above each doorway are two-light windows with roll-moulded arrises, serving as bathrooms or stairwells. A chevron-moulded cornice runs along the top. Two single-light, piended-roofed dormers and one elaborately bargeboarded, gabled, two-light dormer are present, and the latter is missing its finial.

The bay to the right projects boldly, featuring a five-light, mullioned and transomed ground floor window. The first floor has stilted Tudor-arched lights with corbelled cast-iron brattished balconies and hoodmoulds. The second floor is corbelled out above the eaves, presenting a stepped three-light window beneath a steep gable with bargeboarding, where a portion of the king post is missing. Single-light windows with half-piended roofs are located on either side of this gable.

The north and south elevations each feature three bays and comprise simple chamfered windows. A stack corbels out at the first floor, rising through a bargeboarded gable. Bracketted eaves extend to the west, incorporating single and two-light, piended-roofed dormers. Gable-end stacks are present at the west. Three single-storey rear service wings are situated at the rear.

The building has steep slate roofs with fish-scale bands. Most windows are two-pane sash and case types, except those containing transoms. The interior has been converted into flats and some original features, including portions of the staircase, plasterwork, and fireplaces, remain. Low garden walls with rectangular gatepiers are positioned around the property.