Queen'S College

Queen's College consists of a row of terraced townhouses built around 1760 as part of the Portland Estate development, likely designed by Henry Keene. The houses were combined after the establishment of Queen's College at No. 45, the first women's college, by F.D. Morris in 1848, with an extension added to the rear in 1908. The buildings are constructed of stock brick with a stuccoed ground floor and feature a slate roof. They rise four storeys and include basements, with three-window wide fronts. Nos. 43 and 45 have linked stucco porches with mid-19th century Doric columns, while No. 47 has a semicircular arched doorway to the right, complete with a fanlight. The upper floors have recessed sash windows under flat gauged arches, and there is a plat band that finishes off the stuccowork, along with a sill band on the first floor and a parapet with stone coping. No. 47 features a mid-19th century cast iron balcony across the first floor, and the area is enclosed by cast iron railings topped with flambe urn finials.

The interiors of Nos. 45 and 47 retain impressive stone staircases with wrought iron scrollwork balustrades. The staircase in No. 45 rises to the first floor only and is adorned with Rococo plasterwork on the ceiling. In No. 47, the staircase rises to full height and is top-lit, showcasing some fine Rococo Palladian plasterwork with Edwardian enhancements. The dining room in No. 47 features a ceiling in the Rococo style with a central figured relief, along with several notable statuary marble chimneypieces.