Nos 1-19 And Attached Walls And Railings

This is a terrace of houses forming one side of a crescent, dating from the 1830s to the 1860s. Designed as a crescent in 1830, the first ten houses (Nos 1-10) were built between 1830 and 1840 by Decimus Burton. The remaining portion was constructed between 1850 and 1860, using a simpler design for the same developer, Isaac Lyon Goldsmid. The construction is stucco over brick, with moulded cornices and strings, rusticated ground floors, and slate roofs.

The terraces follow a cyma curve on a sloping site, returning to the south with Nos 1-3, and with No. 19 abutting Palmeira Square. The houses are generally five storeys over basement (Nos 19-14), then four and three storeys with attics, with three-window frontages. Windows are generally square-headed, except for the round-headed windows on the ground floor. Most windows are sash windows without glazing bars, with some first-floor windows being French casements. Many blind boxes remain. There is a continuous cast-iron balcony, with individual balustraded balconies to Nos 1-6. Fanlights and sidelights are found with half-glazed doors. Unlike the buildings opposite (Nos 20-38), there are no porches.

The most elaborate parts of the terrace are Nos 1-3, which are three storeys plus attic, with a four-storey central block. These have a 3:5:3 bay arrangement, with the centre distinguished by a pediment and frieze, a balustraded parapet, and a heavily moulded eaves cornice with bracket supports to the outer bays. Attic windows are placed between these brackets. The windows have moulded surrounds and pediments to the second, sixth and tenth first floor windows; other windows feature a straight entablature carried on console brackets. Individual balustraded balconies are present, and the ground floor windows are arch-headed, united by a continuous entablature. The central entrance has a coved canopy, with additional entrances in the third bays to the left and right. Cast-iron railings return from the entrances and run along the street frontage with gates leading to the areas.