Numbers 18 To 26 (Including The Former Number 27)

A quadrant of town houses forming the western half of Park Crescent, dating back to 1812. This section was restored and rebuilt behind its original facades and is part of John Nash's early development of Regent's Park. The houses are constructed with stucco facades and slate roofs. The design features simple, spacious Grecian detailing, most notably the unifying sweep of the ground floor colonnade.

The buildings are four storeys high, including an attic storey, and incorporate a basement. They are three windows wide, with the end houses having slightly advanced fronts that act as terminal pavilions, displaying returns to both Marylebone Road and Portland Place. The colonnade, composed of coupled Ionic columns on square plinths, screens the basement and ground floors, extending to Portland Place. The ground floor features square-headed doorways, some of which have been altered into windows, and recessed glazing bar sashes. First floor windows are semicircular arched and recessed for two orders; the second floor and attic storey have square-headed recessed glazing bar sashes. The end pavilions have square-headed windows with shallow architraves and cornices on the first floor, and semicircular arched windows in the attic storey. Similar window detailing is found on the returns, with the ground floor windows facing Marylebone Road also being semicircular headed. A cornice and blocking course runs above the second floor, while an attic cornice and balustraded parapet top the intervening houses. Shallow block pediments with acroteria adorn the terminal pavilions. Cast iron spearhead area railings are positioned between the columns. Park Crescent serves as Nash’s sweeping introduction to Regent’s Park, connecting to Park Square and forming the southern half of a vast, originally projected circus from his 1811-12 scheme.