99-111, GLOUCESTER PLACE W1

A terrace of town houses at 99 to 111 Gloucester Place, built around 1800 to 1820 as part of the Portman Estate development. The houses are constructed of stock brick with channelled stucco to the ground floors, and extend over four storeys with basements, some incorporating added dormered mansards. Each front is three windows wide. A semicircular arched doorway is present on the left-hand side of each house, except for number 99, featuring panelled doors, Greek Doric columned side lights, Coade stone imposts, and delicately patterned fanlights with lead ornament. The upper floors have recessed sash windows, some with glazing bars, set within flat, gauged arches. A plat band defines the end of the stucco ground floor, while crowning stucco cornices and blocking courses top the facades. Original cast iron balconies with geometric and anthemion patterns are situated on the first floor. The property features cast iron area railings with urn finials. Number 99 has been altered in a Victorian style, with added architraves and a parapet, and bears a Greater London Council plaque indicating its former residence of Elizabeth Barrett Browning. The terrace forms part of a particularly extensive and intact sequence of Georgian town houses in London.