8-14 King'S Gardens (Terrace)

This is a terrace of eight houses, now converted into flats, built around 1880 and altered in the mid-to-late 20th century. The terrace was designed by J.T.Chapell. The houses are constructed of yellow stock bricks with moulded and incised brick dressings, and have mansard slate roofs, partially covered with bitumen. Overhanging eaves are supported by terracotta brackets, and brick stacks have moulded coping.

The plan is of a terrace, with the entrance to number 8 (Royal Court) situated on the angled return front facing Third Avenue. The houses are four storeys high, plus an attic over a basement, with a 1:2:1:1:2:1:2:1:2:1 bay arrangement. The end bays project slightly, and each unit features a three-window canted bay which rises through three storeys, with an entrance situated beside it. There are three-light attic dormers with volutes, flanked by a balustraded parapet, with some having inserted dormers above. A moulded brick cornice runs along the top. Windows vary across floors; the ground floor has sash windows without glazing bars, while the first and second floors have mostly French casements.

A continuous balcony runs along the first floor, supported by ornamental terracotta brackets and featuring cast-iron panels forming a dado to a wooden pilaster loggia with trelliswork. The arcade is round-arched at number 14, while numbers 11-8 have 20th-century glazing. The balcony also forms the balustrade to the second floor. Tuscan porches approach the first floor balcony via flights of steps with cast-iron railings. There were originally three pairs of porches and one single porch; the porch at number 8 is now blocked with a 20th-century window, and the entrances to numbers 14 and 13 have been similarly altered. The remaining porches have sidelights, fanlights and half-glazed doors, retaining original stained glass.

Number 8 was formerly the home of Arthur Sassoon, a frequent host to Edward VII. The garden walls and piers feature a bottle balustrade which returns to Third Avenue on the right and to Fourth Avenue on the left.