Numbers 1, 1A And 2-8 And Attached Railings And Lamp Holders

Numbers 1, 1A, and 2-8 form a terrace of eight houses creating the eastern side of Fitzroy Square, alongside numbers 9 and 10. Constructed around 1792-4, the design is attributed to Robert and James Adam. Number 1 and 1A were restored in the 1950s following bomb damage. The buildings are built of Portland stone with a rusticated ground floor. A plain sill band is visible on the second floor.

The exterior presents a symmetrical facade with 17 window bays, incorporating the south bay of number 8. The central five bays, and three bays at each end, project forward. The ground floor features round-arched openings with impost bands. Sash windows are set in shallow, plain recesses. Number 7 has a modern office window. Doorways have pilaster jambs supporting cornice heads, some with radial fanlights over panelled doors. The central bays on the first floor are recessed with distyle-in-antis Ionic columns, rising through the second floor to support the entablature. Square-headed sash windows are in shallow round-arched recesses with pilasters. The second floor also features square-headed recessed sashes. The end pavilions have distyle-in-antis recessed columns creating a tripartite window, topped with a Diocletian window. First-floor windows in the wings are square-headed and recessed with pilasters. The second floor features recessed sashes. All first-floor windows have cast-iron balconies, with those on the wings being continuous. The entablature has a decorated frieze at the third floor level. The attic storey includes recessed sashes, with pilasters above the columns and oculi in each outer bay. The northern pavilion features round-arched windows in the outer bays and a central oculus. The building is finished with a cornice and blocking course.

Internally, the houses generally have plain interiors with decorative ceiling cornices. Stone staircases have iron balusters and some marble fireplaces. Attached cast iron railings with urn finials grace the areas, while numbers 4 and 5 possess cast-iron lamp holders. Number 7 was formerly the home of Sir Charles Eastlake, a painter and the first Director of the National Gallery, marked by a plaque. Number 8 deviates slightly; its entrance bay forms the north bay of its symmetrical facade, while two bays to the left have a simpler design with a plain ashlar facade, a slate mansard roof with dormers, three storeys, two windows, recessed sash windows, first floor balconies, a cornice, and a balustraded parapet.