1-11, Belgrave Square Sw1

This is a grand terrace of eleven houses, built around 1825 by George Basevi. The buildings are located on the north-west side of Belgrave Square in London. The architecture is in a Graeco-Roman style, noted for its balanced composition. The facades are stucco, and the roofs are not visible. The central five bays and the three bays at each end feature giant Corinthian columns on the first and second floors. The houses are three storeys high, with an attic and basement. Each house is three windows wide. Projecting porches incorporate waterleaf capitals. The front doors are panelled. The ground floors of the central and end bays are channelled, and the ground floor windows are round-headed. The remaining windows are square-headed and architraved, mostly with sash glazing; some first-floor windows are French casements, and most retain their original glazing bars. A continuous balcony runs along the first-floor cornice. The parapet is balustraded and topped with urn finials. The returns to the right and left include entrances to the end houses. The interiors have not been inspected. Cast iron area railings are present. This terrace is one of four grand terraces facing onto Belgrave Square.