Hampden House

Hampden House comprises two originally separate houses, dating circa 1730, which were linked in the 1780s with a single-storey front range and a two-storey rear extension. The main east house (formerly No. 61) was designed by Roger Morris for his own residence, with alterations to the internal layout and rear elevation in the early 19th century and heightening to the centre front in the early 20th century. Constructed of brown brick with a slate roof, it is an interesting example of a Palladian design, characterized by its "astylar" (lacking columns) treatment. The house presents a three-storey facade with a basement, featuring a three-window wide central section originally of two storeys, flanked by two-window wide wings. A stucco Doric porch was added in 1869 to the central entrance. The windows are plate glass sashes set within flat, gauged arches and stone sills. A sill band runs across the first floor, and the parapets are coped. Original wrought iron area railings incorporate flambe torch finials. The rear elevation, also three storeys high, features a three-window wide centre and slightly advanced single bay wings, which are an early 19th-century alteration by Henry Harrison. The wings include a first-floor mezzanine and feature tripartite windows set in shallow vertical panels, culminating in a stucco entablature below the attic storey. A cast iron geometric pattern balcony, balconettes, and area railings are present on the wings' first floor.

The interiors of the east house retain Morris's original layout, including a central entrance hall with an apse shape and a box cornice. A secondary staircase in the east wing is likely by Morris; an early 18th-century room with fielded panels is also present. Harrison undertook further redecoration which also included a main staircase featuring marble relief plaques on the walls by Gibson, Tenerani, and Thorwaldsen, along with Adamesque decoration from the 1870s and 1880s.

The second house (formerly No. 60) was built by James Richards, a Master Carver, also of three storeys and basement, and originally two windows wide. The original east-facing windows retain their thick glazing bars, a rare survival. A parapet with coping and wrought iron area railings complete the exterior. The single-storey, four-window link of the 1780s features a coped parapet. The original interior of the former No. 60 retains much of its panelling with box cornices and a dog-leg staircase with turned balusters. A rear extension, dating to the 1780s and incorporating Harrison’s early 19th-century work, unites the two properties, alongside later 19th-century alterations.