Numbers 66 To 71 And Attached Railings

Numbers 66 to 71 form a terrace of six houses built between 1777 and 1778 by John Nash. They are constructed of stuccoed brick with a hidden roof. The houses are four storeys high, including cellars, and each has three windows, except for number 66, which has a five-window return to Bury Place, some of which are blind. A plain band runs across the facade at first floor level, and a sill band is also present. The windows are recessed sash windows. The fourth storey functions as an attic, with cut-back cornices. Number 66 has a 20th-century reproduction of an 19th-century shopfront. Numbers 67, 68, and 69 have wooden doorcases with Ionic pilasters supporting an entablature with a cornice. Number 70 has a similar wooden doorcase with Ionic pilasters and a corniced entablature. Number 71 has round-headed ground floor openings, one of which forms a blocked extra entrance. The interiors have not been inspected. Attached cast-iron railings, featuring urn or pineapple finials (foliated at number 71), define the areas. This terrace represents John Nash's early work and is an important example of the early development of stuccoed houses.