151-179, GLOUCESTER PLACE NW1

A long terrace of houses located in Gloucester Place, dating from approximately 1815 to 1820 as part of the Portman Estate development. The buildings are constructed of stock brick with stuccoed ground floors, and have slate roofs. The terrace is four storeys high with a basement. Most houses are two windows wide, although number 151 is a single bay, number 167 has three windows, and number 173 has a double-fronted appearance with four windows. Semicircular arched doorways are found on the right-hand side, featuring panelled doors set within pilastered or moulded jambs, with cornice heads and fanlights; some of the fanlights are patterned. The windows are mostly recessed sash windows, with glazing bars on many, semicircular arched windows on the ground floor, and located under flat, gauged arches on the upper floors. A plat band runs above the ground floor. The buildings have stone-coped parapets and geometric-anthemion patterned balconies across the first floor. Cast iron area railings are present, finished with urn finials. Number 179 has a doorway on its return to Ivor Place, along with a later adjacent shop front. The terrace forms part of one of the most substantial groupings of Georgian terraced houses in London.