29 Springfield, Dundee

29 Springfield, Dundee, is a group of houses constructed mainly in the 1820s and 1830s, with later additions. The development was feued between 1830 and 1831, with Nos 1–6 and 24–32 completed by 1846, and the layout subsequently modified to exclude Springfield House. Construction was finished by 1851.

The houses form a Neo-classical cul-de-sac arranged in terraces which rise from the sea and terminate with a semi-detached house at the northern end and short terraces along Perth Road.

Nos 5–14 and 18–27 consist of two-storey, basement (some of which have been filled in) three-bay houses, arranged in stepped pairs. Each pair features a central tetrastyle Doric portico, originally with wrought and cast-iron balconies above (most of which are now missing). The windows are set within lugged architraves, corniced at ground level and with first-floor cill courses. A main cornice and balustrade run along the top. The lower pairs alternate between projecting and recessed, while the later upper pairs sit on the same plane. All but the recessed pairs have their north ends defined by pilaster strips.

Nos 15 and 16 have a similar style, but with a full-length ground floor colonnade. A modern addition has been made to the west of No 15. Nos 17 and 28 are similarly styled, but are individual three-bay houses with a portico on the left. They are connected by a one-storey link to No 16.

The elevations facing Perth Road are symmetrical, eight-bay arrangements, with two bays at each end slightly advanced. They are similarly styled with central tetrastyle porticos. No 1 is angled to accommodate Perth Road, with a trabeated porch to the side. No 32 features a Doric portico, a cast-iron balcony, and a later hemispherical, pilastered bow rising through the ground and first floors. Balustrades have been altered and replaced at No 3, and mullioned windows are present.

The corner houses, two bays facing Perth Road and three bays facing Springfield, are of similar style. No 4 has a central portico and a panelled wallhead stack to Springfield, with a recently restored balustrade. No 29 includes a portico on the right, a wallhead stack which has been partly removed for a later slate mansard roof with consoled dormers.

The windows are sash and case, with mostly later two-pane glass; some have four or twelve panes, and others are modern. The roofs are low-piended and slate covered, with ridge stacks. The rear of the buildings are constructed of rubble.

Some good, original plastered Ionic interiors remain. The original iron railings are missing. Historic documents from 1830 and 1831 mention the feu and the inclusion of a plan by an "eminent architect" in Edinburgh.