No. 9 And Attached Railings

This is a house, now converted into flats, dating from circa 1786, with alterations from the 19th century. It is attributed to John Palmer. The front of the building is faced with limestone ashlar, while the rear is a mix of ashlar and rubble. It has a double-pile parapeted mansard roof, covered with Welsh slate to the front and rear, and incorporates a coped party wall with two ashlar chimney stacks to the right. A staircase is located at the rear.

The house is three storeys high, with an attic and basement, and has a single-bay tripartite-window facade. The first floor has three plate glass sash windows with horns, which are narrower on the left and right. The second floor features three similar plate glass sash windows without horns, set within plain surrounds. The ground floor has two plate glass sash windows with horns in splayed reveals, a continuous stone sill, and a six-panel door with flush reeded and glazed panels, including a large panel at the top. The door is set within a chamfered plain reveal with a lead-covered canopy hood. A pennant-paved crossover is flush with the pavement and includes a cast iron footscraper. Basement windows are plate glass sashes with continuous stone sills. A four-panel door, with a blocked overlight, is set into an ashlar infilling beneath the crossover. Limestone area steps have slate insets and a wrought iron handrail. A double-dormer features plate glass sash windows. A weathered sill band runs along the first and second floors, and there is a moulded eaves cornice and coped parapet. The rear elevation also has plate glass sash windows, and a single-storey, hipped-roof ashlar extension with double Roman tiles and a lead hopperhead at the eaves to the right.

The interior has not been inspected. Attached to the front are wrought iron railings and a gate with cast urn tops and urn finials on limestone bases.

The house was developed in conjunction with Portland Place by John Hensley and benefited from various land transactions and leases dating from 1772 and 1783.