Oliver House

Terraced two-bay two-storey house over exposed basement, built c.1830, as one of terrace of seven houses. Now in multiple occupancy. Flat roof hidden behind parapet wall with rendered coping. Rendered chimneystack to east party wall and tall red brick stack to west abutting gable to adjoining house, all having clay pots. Ruled-and-lined rendered walls and rendered plinth course over rendered basement walls. Square-headed window openings with painted granite sills and replacement uPVC windows throughout. Round-headed stairs window to rear. Round-headed door opening with recessed painted masonry doorcase. Replacement timber door flanked by panelled pilasters supporting fluted lintel cornice and original petal fanlight with historic glass. Door opens onto concrete platform with terracotta tiles and five granite steps enclosed by original wrought-iron handrail to either side. Front garden now paved in concrete, enclosed to street by replacement red brick wall. Rear site enclosed by concrete block wall with steel gates.

North Circular Road was laid out by the 1780s but not developed until the early nineteenth century. This terrace of seven houses appears to be some of the earliest developments on this stretch of the street, with No. 502 being one of five still retaining their original domestic appearance. The house retains its original doorcase and fanlight and contributes to the collective elements of this modest terrace while helping to retain the early domestic appearance of this stretch of the streetscape.