7-9, Smith Square Sw1

Nos. 7 and 9 Smith Square are a pair of terraced houses dating back to 1726, constructed as part of Sir James Smith’s development of the square. The houses are built of brown brick with red brick dressings, featuring tiled roofs. They extend over three storeys, with basements and dormered mansards. Each front has three windows. Doorways are situated on the left side of each front, featuring panelled doors set within wooden doorcases. These doorcases feature thin pilasters set against rustication, topped with finely carved console brackets supporting cornice hoods. The windows are recessed, box-framed sash windows with glazing bars, each set within a red brick segmental arch. Brick plat bands run above the first floors, and the houses have parapets with copings. The entrances are flanked by fine wrought iron area railings with scrollwork, and remnants of historic link extinguishers remain. The interiors retain substantial panelling, passage halls, and dog leg open and carved string staircases that change to closed strings on the upper flights, along with turned balusters. The buildings form part of a remarkably well-preserved early 18th-century enclave, shared with Lord North, Barton, and Cowley Streets.