Building record 11099 - Suburban house at No 2 Curzon Park North

No 2 Curzon Park North is a former detached suburban house now converted into flats. It was built in the mid 19th century as part of the Curzon Park suburb using Flemish bond brown brick and a hipped grey slate roof. The front facade consists of double doors of 2 fielded panels with a 1-pane overlight and a pilastered round-arched case in a 2-column portico with a small round-arched window in each return wall. The sides and rear are detailed similarly to the front. The right side has a full-length cast-iron verandah with lattice posts and frieze, scroll brackets and hipped slate roof. Chimneys with stone cornices at left end and on front right of entrance. (1)

Curzon Park was a mid 19th century suburb aimed at the upper middle class with large detached or semi detached properties often built in the Italianate style and set within large designed gardens. (1)

<1> English Heritage, 2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 469733 (Digital Archive). SCH4666.