103-118, EATON SQUARE SW1

This is a grand terrace of houses numbered 103 to 118, situated on the north-west side of Eaton Square in London. The terrace was built around 1825 and is part of the estate designed and largely planned by Thomas and Lewis Cubitt. Constructed from stucco and brick, with slate mansard roofs, the terrace dates to around 1825 and onwards. Each house stands three windows wide, with the central four houses and the end pairs projecting slightly. These projecting houses feature a giant Corinthian order of columns and pilasters on the first and second floors. The ground floor is finished with channelled stucco, and incorporates projecting Greek Doric porches with panelled doors. The ground floor windows are round-headed, while the first floor features a continuous cast iron balcony (with stucco balustrades to the central and end pairs). Upper floor windows are sashed with gauged heads and mostly retain glazing bars; first-floor windows are French casements. A cornice runs above the second floor, with a subsidiary cornice above the third. The return elevations are grand in appearance. Cast iron spearhead area railings are present. The terrace forms an integral part of the planned layout of Eaton Square.