6-36, Sussex Gardens W2

This is a terrace of houses built in the early 19th century, originally known as Grand Junction Road and now forming part of Sussex Gardens in Westminster. The terrace comprises ten bays with a projecting central section, flanked by eight-bay wings and a smaller six-bay section on the left. Originally intended as a symmetrical composition, the right-hand six-bay section was subsequently replaced with a later building.

The houses are constructed of brown brick in a Flemish bond pattern, with a channelled stucco finish to the ground floor. A stucco cornice runs above the ground floor and a further cornice sits below the parapet. The terrace has four storeys and a basement. The entrances are pilastered, and the windows are primarily sash windows, some retaining glazing bars. A balcony is positioned on the first floor. The windows in the central projecting section have flat, gauged brick arches set within segmental-arched recesses with stucco imposts. The left-hand wing also features flat, gauged brick arches above the windows, while other windows are set within stucco architraves. Other upper-floor windows are mainly sash windows with glazing bars, with a decorative cornice at the third-floor level. Original iron railings are present at basement level.

Number 32 was formerly occupied in 1830-6 by B O’Meara, Napoleon’s surgeon on St Helena.