15-22, CLEVELAND SQUARE W2

This is a grand terrace of houses, dating around 1851 and built in phases. The houses are stucco-faced and stand four storeys high, with attics, mansard roofs, and basements. Each house has two windows across the front. The front elevation, overlooking Cleveland Gardens, is designed as a symmetrical composition, featuring a projecting balcony. The wings at either end have rusticated quoins. The ground floor is channelled. The windows are square-headed, with an architrave above the ground floor, a pediment and flanking Corinthian columns to the first floor, and a corniced detail to the second floor. The windows have casements and plate glass. There are stucco balustraded balconies on the first, second, and third floors. A rich cornice with a foliated frieze sits above the third floor, and a dentil cornice decorates the attic. A balustraded parapet tops the building. The rear elevation is also noteworthy, featuring two-storey porches with superimposed Ionic and Corinthian orders, matching windows, and a similar cornice. A stucco area balustrade is present. The terrace is a dominant feature of the Cleveland Square layout and shows group value as part of the original design.