Description

TQ 3877 BURNEY STREET
(south-east side)
786-/26/10026 Nos. 26-40

GV II

Terrace of eight houses. 1840 attributed to Richard Smirke Martyr, save for no.40, which may be
slightly later. Stock brick with stucco dressings, slate roofs. Three bays to each house, each two
rooms deep with three storeys and basement. Houses arranged in mirrored pairs, doors with
vertical panels to nos. 26 and 28, the rest of six panels and all in architrave surrounds under
round-arched fanlight, that to no. 28 the original design (nos.30-38 renewed) linked at impost
level to form a continuous band across facade with round-arched twelve light glazing bar sashes.
Tall glazing bar sashes under gauged brick heads at first floor level give on to timber balcony
supported on cast-iron brackets and with anthemion patterned cast-iron railings. 9-light sashes to
second floor under gauged brick heads and deep stuccoed parapet. No. 26 has a modern rear
extension of no interest. No. 40 is of three bays with a single tripartite window in the centre of a
rusticated ground floor. Doorcase with console brackets; first-floor sashes also with stucco console
brackets and surrounds; the whole composition topped by a higher parapet than its neighbours.
Included as its stone balcony has railings of an identical pattern to its neighbours, with which it has
an exceptionally strong group value.

Listing NGR: TQ3833477428

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q27080581

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
• 
  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
• 
  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
• 
  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
• 
  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)