7-15, Balcombe Street

The terrace at 7-15 Balcombe Street consists of four houses built between 1827 and 1829, likely designed by James Thompson Parkinson, who was Surveyor to the Portman Estate. The building is constructed of London stock brick, with the ground floor facing in stucco. It rises four storeys plus a basement and attic, with each house originally two bays wide, although number 9 was initially three bays wide and features a crowning stucco cornice at parapet level. A 20th-century garage opening now interrupts the right-hand bay of number 7. The ground floor windows and doors have shallow arches; all other windows are flat-arched and framed with gauged red brick. Most doors and windows have been replaced, but number 9 retains its original door surround and fanlight. Long windows at the first floor extend to a continuous balcony enclosed by a Cottingham cast-iron balustrade; number 11 has a later 19th-century window guard. Numbers 11-15 retain their original area railings, with fir cone finials to the standards and spear-headed rails. The interior has not been inspected, but is believed to contain original staircases, 16-pane sash windows with shutters at the rear, and original panelling, doors, skirtings, ceiling mouldings, and other features.