9 Springfield, Dundee

9 Springfield is a Neo-Classical terrace of houses constructed between 1828 and 1851, initially feued in 1830-1831 and with construction continuing through 1846, ultimately modified to exclude Springfield House. The development forms a cul-de-sac stepped up from the sea, terminating with a semi-detached house to the north and short terraces fronting Perth Road.

Numbers 5 to 14 and 18 to 27 are two-storey, three-bay houses with basement levels (some of which have been infilled), arranged in pairs that are stepped. Each pair features a central tetrastyle Doric portico, originally with wrought and cast-iron balconies above (most of these are now absent). The windows are set within lugged architraves, corniced at ground level, and have 1st floor cill courses. A main cornice and balustrade run along the top of the buildings. Lower pairs are alternately advanced and recessed; later upper pairs are aligned on the same plane. All but the recessed pairs have north-facing ends defined by pilaster strips.

Numbers 15 and 16 are similarly styled 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 on the left-hand side. They are connected by a single-storey link to number 16.

The elevations facing Perth Road comprise numbers 1 to 4 and 29 to 32, which are each symmetrical eight-bay structures, with the two end bays slightly advanced. They are styled similarly, with central tetrastyle porticos. Number 1 is angled to accommodate Perth Road, featuring a trabeated porch to the side. Number 32 has a later hemispherical, pilastered bow rising through the ground and first floors. Number 3 has a mullioned and balustraded detail.

The corner houses, two bays facing Perth Road and three bays facing Springfield, are of a similar style. Number 4 has a central portico and a panelled wallhead stack to Springfield, with a recently restored balustrade. Number 29 has a portico on the right, with a wallhead stack that has been partly removed to accommodate a later slate mansard roof with consoled dormers.

Original sash and case windows remain, most now with two panes, although some have four or twelve panes or are modern replacements. The roofs are low-pitched and slate-covered, with ridge stacks, and the rears are constructed of rubble.

Some good, original plastered Ionic interiors survive within the houses. Original ironwork railings are now missing.

Historic documents indicate the feuing began in January 1830, referencing a "much approved plan by an eminent architect in Edinburgh," and continued in March 1831.