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Row of three houses, now in commercial use. Mid 19th century with mid and late 20th century alterations and large addition to rear. Orange brickwork in Flemish bond with rendered stone dressings and slate roof with brick stacks at south end of main ridge. Main west front of 2:2:2: bays and 3 storeys. Rendered plinth and rusticated pilasters at ends and at main bay divisions. Moulded sill bands at first and second-floor level and moulded eaves cornice. Ground-floor windows have large square openings with cornices on consoles above, moulded sills with rendered apron panels and replacement plate glass. First-floor windows have segmental heads with arched mouldings, eared and shouldered architraves and 4-pane sash windows. Second-floor windows have flanking pilasters and 4-pane sashes. Windows in first 2 bays are all late 20th century replacements. Two pairs of doorways at bay junctions with moulded cornices on console brackets. Rendered surrounds and flanking pilasters. Doorways have segmental-arched heads, replacement panelled doors and plain-glazed fanlights. Side elevation to Easemore Road is rendered and has modern windows inserted in new openings.
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This row of former mid Victorian town houses forms an important component of the mid/late nineteenth-century development around the church green that followed the construction of the new parish church by Henry Woodyer between 1854-5. It has a striking combination of orange brickwork and rendered dressings that provide a bold geometry of horizontal and vertical detail. The main fa�ade has not been altered significantly and still makes a strong statement in its prominent corner location at the northern end of the green, forming an important group with Beech House (qv), which is of a similar date and detail.
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