Devonshire Lodge

Devonshire Lodge comprises two semi-detached villas dating from approximately 1830 to 1840, built as part of the Eyre Estate. The buildings are constructed of stucco with a slate roof and are designed in a Grecian style. They are two storeys high with a central, pedimented attic. Each villa is two windows wide, with a recessed entrance bay. The doorways feature pilasters and entablatures; the one at No. 28 has been altered. The windows are architraved sashes and casements. The main block has quoin pilasters and pilasters flanking the party wall recess. A simplified entablature sits below the flat eaves of the hipped roof, and is broken by the central two-window pedimented attic. Cast iron balconies with anthemion and geometric patterns are present on the first-floor windows. No. 28 was the residence of the poet Thomas Hood from 1844 to 1845, commemorated by an LCC plaque. Between approximately 1900 and 1961, Devonshire Lodge housed the St John’s Wood Art Club, whose members included artists such as Alma-Tadema, Dendy Sadler, Alfred Gilbert, Charles and C.A. Voysey. The buildings are listed Grade II* for their artistic and historical associations.