Belgrave Hotel and area railings

Terrace of three houses, now hotel, painted stucco with slate roofs behind parapet and rendered stacks. Basement, four storeys and attic, each house having a full-height canted bay to left and single window range to right. Detail is similar but simpler than that of 4 houses attached to right and next terrace of 6, but matches the pair of houses across Victoria St to left. Windows are square-headed sashes in moulded surrounds, mostly 4-pane, but 2-pane to narrower side lights of canted bays. A moulded cornice over ground floor and moulded string between second and third floors exists on left end house, possibly removed on the other two. Parapet has sunk panels with inset moulding with rebated angles. Basement has sash windows. Door is to right of bay in middle house, in stucco surround with cornice and added wrought iron flat hood. Double doors with overlight. Presumably a similar door existed on the right house, now a window matching those above. The left houses has a similar window, but the entry was probably always from the Victoria St side. Victoria St side wall has centre stuccoed porch with coped gable, and 4-pane sash each floor to left. Porch has door to N. Rear 3-window range to right, with paired stair lights at intermediate levels in middle bay and then NE rear wing, hipped at end. Fleur-de-lys heads to iron area railings to Esplanade and Victoria St, stanchions like turned balusters with finials.

The main rooms generally have simple moulded cornices, surviving in the first two houses, while the middle house has the original staircase rising in 8 flights, with open well, moulded tread ends, stick balusters, and square newels.