Nos 33-42 And Attached Railings

This is a terrace of twelve dwellings, now used as flats and a hotel, built between 1824 and 1828. The architects were Amon Wilds and C.A.Busby. The buildings are constructed of stucco over brick, with a hidden roof behind a parapet balustrade. Each of the twelve units has four storeys over a basement and a three-window frontage. The ground floor is rusticated. A continuous cast-iron balcony runs along the first floor. Giant pilasters with Corinthian capitals support an entablature, and further pilasters support the eaves cornice. The windows are sash windows with varying numbers of panes: 6 panes on the third floor, 12 panes on the second floor, 18 panes on the first floor, and 12 panes on the ground floor. Entrances are approached by short flights of steps with returned cast-iron railings. Each entrance has a fanlight over a six-panel door.

The left return (facing Holland Road) has six bays, with a continuation of the parapet balustrade over three blind windows and three full-height bow fronts with sash windows. A flat-roofed, enclosed pilaster porch, built in the 1980s, is attached to No. 42, now the Alexandra Hotel. The right return (facing Lansdowne Place) features a portico entrance to No. 33. A plaque commemorates that Prince Metternich, the Austrian chancellor, resided at No. 42 from September 1848 to April 1849.