18-26 Circular Drive, 2-6 Pool Bank
Architectural Description from National Heritage List Text Entries, © Historic England 2021.
Includes Nos. 2, 4, and 6 Pool Bank. Terrace of 8 houses. 1906. By Grayson and Ould. Pebbledash with brick dressings, tile-hung 1st floor with fishscale bands, timber- framed 4th bay tile roof. 2 storeys, 5 bays, canted angle bay and 6 bays to Pool Bank. 2nd and 3rd bays break forward under gables. 4th bay projects under gable with jettied 1st floor. Brick base and ground floor to 2nd, 3rd and 4th bays. Most ground floor windows have gauged-brick flat arches and are sashed with glazing bars., 1st bay has 5- light canted oriel, 4th bay has 2-light window with transom and cornice; both have small-paned casements. 1st floor windows have small-paned casements, that to 1st bay of 6 lights in half-dormer with central gablet. 2nd and 3rd bays have 5-light window with central segmental-headed light. 4th bay has 6-light leaded casement. Entrances to Nos. 22 and 24 have canopies swept out from tile hanging, that to No. 26 has canted recess with brick segmental arch. All have half-glazed doors of 3 panels and leaded light. Angle bay has ogival roof and 2-light 1st floor windows. Pool Bank facade has gambrel roof and end projecting gabled bays. 1st bay has ground-floor keyed round light. 1st floor 2-light windows, 1st bay 3-light canted oriel and end bay has 7-light window with round-headed 3-panel doors. 2 cross-axial stacks. Rear similar, roughcast, half-dormers.
