Numbers 9-29 And Attached Railings

Terrace of eleven houses, now offices, numbered 9 to 29 (odd), built circa 1829–1832 with later additions and alterations, including rebuilding of the left section around 1970. The buildings are constructed in pinkish-brown brick with painted stucco facades, Welsh slate roof, and cast-iron railings and balustrade, in the Late Neo-Classical style.

The main terrace comprises four storeys with attic and basement. It is 35 windows wide at first-floor level, arranged in groups of 3:3:3:3:3:3:2:3:3:3:3:3, with projecting three-window end bays and a central five-window bay. The stucco decoration includes rustication to the ground floor and basement. The centre and end projections are articulated by slender fluted Corinthian pilasters between windows and extending to the ends through the first and second floors. These are surmounted by continuous double frieze with moulded decoration to the projections, and by a continuous dentil cornice with acanthus modillions to the projections. Further pairs of plain pilasters rise to the projections with continuous cornice and blocking course.

The first floor features 8-pane French windows with divided overlights throughout. The second floor has 6/6 sashes with sills throughout. The third floor contains various 3/6 sashes, blind openings, 6-pane casements, and a 2-pane casement. Basement windows include 4/8, 3/6, 6/6, 6/8, and 8/8 sashes, with some having rusticated flat arches, alongside glazed and panelled doors.

The ground floor contains varied entrances. The entrance to No. 9 at the left return consists of three steps leading to a glazed door with cambered overlight within a rusticated surround and porch, flanked by two fluted Ionic columns between two pillars, with round-arched windows to the sides. Entrances to Nos 11–27 are similar in treatment: three steps (mostly roll-edged) leading to doors of varying panel configurations (two 3-long-panel doors with roll-moulded lower panels, part-glazed 5-panel and 3-panel doors, and 4-panel doors), all with fanlights predominantly featuring radial glazing except Nos 23 and 25 which have stained glass, and all with fielded-panel reveals with roll-moulded lower panels. These entrances are contained within two-columnar Ionic porches (fluted to Nos 17 and 19), all featuring engaged Doric pilasters, double friezes with three wreaths to the upper frieze, and cornice. The entrance to the right return is a panelled door in a projecting solid porch with end pilaster strip, cornice, and low parapet with sunken panel, accompanied by a 6/6 sash with margin lights to the side.

Ground floor windows on the front include tripartite arrangements with central 6/6 sashes flanked by 2/2 sashes, cambered rusticated arches, and other 6/6, 1/1, and 6/9 sashes with rusticated flat arches and sills.

The basement level contains an extensive arrangement of windows and doors: 4/8, 3/6, 6/6, 6/8, and 8/8 sashes (some with rusticated flat arches), glazed doors, part-glazed doors, and a 4-panel door with divided overlight.

The roof is hipped with ridge stacks. Attics feature roof dormers and skylights partly concealed behind a low parapet.

A first-floor continuous balustrade runs across the front with a double-heart-and-anthemion motif, projecting over the porches and continuing around the left return. Railings and gates across the front and to the sides of the steps feature bars with alternating anthemion and fleur-de-lys finials, with urn finials to end-posts; however, the railings to the right house (No. 29) are later replacements. Boot scrapers to the upper steps mostly remain.

The left return comprises four storeys with basement and attic, three first-floor windows, and a central projection. Rustication appears on the ground floor and basement. Tall fluted Corinthian pilasters rise to the ends through the first and second floors, with dentil and acanthus modillion cornice. The third floor features pairs of plain pilasters at the ends. The first floor contains tall 6/9 sashes; the second floor has 6/6 sashes with sills; the third floor has 3/6 sashes, all in plain reveals. Ground floor windows are tripartite, with 6/6 sashes flanked by 2/2 sashes. Basement windows include a tripartite sash (4/4 between 2/2 sashes) and a 4/8 sash with sills.

The right return consists of four storeys with basement and three first-floor windows. Rustication appears on the ground floor to the front half. The first floor has a 4-pane window with margin-lights and tooled surround and cornice, a 6/6 sash, and an 8/8 sash. The second floor features a sill band, a blind opening, and two 6/6 sashes. The third floor has a blind opening and two 3/6 sashes. Basement windows include a 5/10 sash, a panel door, and a 4/8 sash. Rear elevations are mainly composed of 6/6 sashes.

Interior features include entrance halls with archways flanked by fluted Doric pilasters in some instances. Most contain dogleg staircases with stick balusters and wreathed handrails. Moulded cornices appear in many rooms, primarily with egg-and-dart motifs, and decorated friezes adorn first-floor rooms. Some marble chimneypieces survive; the marble chimneypiece to No. 11, first floor, is a Regency example with Arts and Crafts tiles. Shutters remain to some windows.

Area railings and gates, as well as railings to the sides of steps, feature alternating anthemion and fleur-de-lys finials with urn finials to stanchions; those to the right (No. 29) are replacements. Stick balusters line the basement steps.

Waterloo Place was named in honour of the Duke of Wellington, who visited the Spa in 1827. The Countess of Essex and Lady Hodson were among the first residents of the terrace.