30 Springfield, Dundee

30 Springfield comprises a Neo-classical cul-de-sac development constructed between 1828 and 1851. The terraces are stepped up from the sea and terminate with a semi-detached house to the north and short terraces along Perth Road. The development was feued between 1830 and 1831, with numbers 1-6 and 24-32 built by 1846, and the layout subsequently modified to exclude Springfield House.

The terraces consist of numbers 5-14 and 18-27, which are two-storey and basement houses (some basements have been infilled), arranged in pairs and stepped to follow the contours of the land. Each pair features a central tetrastyle Doric portico and originally had wrought and cast-iron balconies (most of which are now absent). Windows are set within lugged architraves, corniced at ground level, with first-floor cill courses. A main cornice and balustrade run along the terrace tops. The lower pairs are alternately advanced and recessed, while later upper pairs are on the same plane. All but the recessed pairs have north ends defined by pilaster strips.

Numbers 15 and 16 share a similar style but incorporate a full-length ground floor colonnade. A modern addition has been made to the west of number 15. Numbers 17 and 28 are single, three-bay houses with a portico to the left, and are linked to number 16 by a one-storey section.

The elevations to Perth Road are symmetrical, comprising eight bays each, with numbers 1-4 and 29-32 having bays at the ends slightly advanced. These also feature central tetrastyle porticos. Number 1 is angled to accommodate Perth Road and has a trabeated porch to the side. Number 32 has a later hemispherical, pilastered bow rising through both ground and first floors. Number 3 has a mullioned facade and a restored balustrade.

The corner houses, numbers 4 and 29, are two bays wide facing Perth Road and three bays wide facing Springfield. Number 4 features a central portico, a panelled wallhead stack to Springfield, and a recently restored balustrade. Number 29 has a portico to the right, and a wallhead stack that has been partially removed to make way for a later slate mansard roof with consoled dormers.

The original sash and case windows are mostly later two-pane, with some four-pane, twelve-pane, and modern replacements. Low-pitched slate roofs are punctuated by ridge stacks. The rear of the buildings are constructed of rubble. Some good, original plastered Ionic interiors survive. The original railings are now missing. Historic documents from 1830 and 1831 reference the feuing of the site “according to a much approved plan by an eminent architects in Edinburgh”.