28 Windsor Street, Dundee

This is a long terrace of houses dating from around 1851 to 1872, situated on Windsor Street in Dundee. The architectural style changes along its length, featuring neo-classical elements at the south end and Renaissance details at the north end, with the latter additions designed by James MacLaren, stepping down towards the river.

The terrace comprises 28 houses, numbered 1 to 28 inclusive. The first eight houses (Nos. 1-8) have a severe neo-classical design from 1851 to 1872, arranged in four pairs of three-bay houses. Each pair features two architraved and corniced doorways in the centre. The first-floor windows have aprons. A main cornice, balustrade, and an M-shaped slate roof with ridge stacks are present. Nos. 2 and 3 are slightly recessed.

From Nos. 9 to 18, the design transitions into five stepped pairs of three-bay Renaissance houses, with basements from No 11 onward. These houses have two centre doorways adorned with consoled pediments. The windows are set within lugged architraves and segmentally arched at the first floor, with keystones over the doors. The building retains a main cornice and balustrade, though the latter is missing from Nos. 9, 10, 17, and 18. Platformed slate roofs feature four round-headed dormers, with casement windows, except for those at Nos. 17 and 18.

Nos. 19 and 20 are single, stepped, four-bay houses in a similar style to Nos. 9-18. No. 19 features a pedimented doorpiece moved from the third bay to the fourth, with cornicing. Three round-headed dormers are present at No. 19. The balustrade is missing from both these houses.

No. 21 is a five-bay house sharing a similar style with a central pedimented doorpiece, balustrade, and dormers. Nos. 22 and 23 are similarly styled, single-stepped, three-bay houses, with pedimented doorpieces on the left, along with balustrades and two dormers each.

Nos. 24, 25, and 26 are single-stepped, three-bay houses, with consoled cornices over the doors on the left side. The windows have roll-moulded surrounds and are segmentally arched on the first floor. No. 24 has lost its dormers (updated 2020), while No. 25 lacks a balustrade and dormers. No. 26 retains two dormers.

Finally, Nos. 27 and 28 are paired three-bay houses with paired, central, consoled, pedimented doors. The windows have margins and segmental arches on the first floor, with label stops. The building has a cornice and a missing balustrade, with two round-headed dormers on No. 28.

Most windows are two-pane sash and case, although some original 12-pane windows remain at Nos. 1 and 8, as do some original T-shape casement dormer windows. The roofs are slate with ridge stacks.