Numbers 1-16 (Consecutive) And Attached Railings

Numbers 1-16 Compton Terrace is a row of terraced houses built between 1819 and 1821, developed by Henry Flower and Samuel Kell. They are constructed of brick with penny-struck lime mortar, with stuccoed facades and slate roofs. The original design envisioned three storeys over a basement, with each house having three bays, round-arched entrances framed by fluted quadrant pilasters, fanlights above the doors, and panelled doors. Windows originally had flat arches of gauged brick, with the first-floor windows featuring a sill band and cast-iron balconies with quadrant corners. A simple parapet tops the buildings. Cast-iron railings with spearhead and urn finials run along the front. Original window glazing bars remain common. Dormers are present in a mansard roof at numbers 1-5, 9, and 14-16.

Several individual variations are noteworthy: Number 1 features three ground-floor windows and a two-storey stuccoed wing to the south, incorporating a porch with Corinthian columns and a return into Canonbury Lane showcasing banded rustication and four ground-floor windows with cast-iron grilles. The third-floor return at Number 1 exhibits three windows with flat arches of gauged brick set under round arches on pilaster strips with springing bands. Number 3 retains only the responds and entablature of a stuccoed porch, while Number 5 has a Corinthian porch with a side balustrade. A late 19th-century cast-iron porch is at Number 7, and Number 12 displays banded rustication in stucco on its ground floor. There's a visible break in the brickwork between numbers 4 and 5. The railings also extend along the area. Basement overthrows are present at numbers 4, 5, 11, and 12.