Albany Courtyard

Albany Courtyard consists of the flanking forecourt wings of Melbourne House, built between 1771 and 1776 by Sir William Chambers. The structure is made of brown brick with a slate roof and features two storeys and a basement. Each wing is nine bays wide, with the central three bays slightly advanced and topped with a pediment. There are central doorways for each group of three bays, which are framed by stone doorcases, pulvinated friezes, and pediments. The windows are revealed sash windows without glazing bars, set under flat gauged arches. A stone sill band runs along the ground floor, and there is a stone band cornice below the parapet with coping. This building is part of a rare surviving enclave of town mansions, which were converted and extended into apartments by Henry Holland in 1802-03.