262 Charlton Avenue is a 2 1/2 story, irregular bay, irregular plan, wood frame, Colonial Revival residential building. Constructed c. 1920, the side gable-roofed house is set at a perpendicular to the road. The shingle-clad house is ornamented with 8/1 windows set in wooden architraves, and features a bracket-supported round-arched pediment on the street elevation. The main facade, which faces the driveway, has a column-supported portico, paired cross-gabled roof and leaded windows.