Beresford Terrace

This is a terrace of ten houses built around 1845. The houses are constructed of stock London brick in a Flemish bond, with rendered sections, wooden sash windows, and iron railings. They are two storeys high with a basement.

The facade is divided into five parts, with the ends slightly projecting. A central raised rendered parapet bears the name "BERESFORD TERRACE" in lettering. The end sections have paired pilasters between each window bay, while the central three sections have dividing paired pilasters. The basement level is rendered and rusticated, with a single sash window to each house. Stone steps with scrolled iron balusters lead to paired six-panel doors with overlights, each set under an advanced hood supported by corbelled brackets with faces. Flanking the doors are windows with similar hoods and faceless brackets. The first floor windows are similar in style, but shorter, with a blind central window in each section. Most windows are wooden sashes with horns, although No. 49 retains its original sashes. A continuous rendered cornice runs along the top of the terrace. No. 41 is fully rendered. The rear elevations largely survive, featuring gabled roof ranges, two stories high, followed by a lower gabled range, with wooden sashes and slightly segmental brick arches.

Inside No. 48, a winder staircase rises from the basement to the second floor, featuring stick balusters, square plan newels, and a swan neck handrail, along with some cornices and 19th-century fireplaces. No. 42 has a stick baluster staircase with a slender newel. The interiors of the other houses have not been inspected.

Beresford Terrace was built around 1845 as a group of ten houses for Army Officers. It is situated along Hillreach, north of the Rotunda (relocated from London in 1819) and directly facing the north boundary wall of the Royal Artillery Barracks. Woolwich was a significant military center at the time of construction, with the Royal Dockyard and Royal Arsenal in use. The artist William Ranwell lived at No. 42 (then No. 8) from 1850 to 1864.

The terrace is notable for its well-preserved, unified appearance and the high-quality architectural detailing of the period, as well as for its historical association with the nearby military institutions of Woolwich.