NOS. 1, 2 AND 3

Nos. 1, 2, and 3 are a group of three symmetrical terrace houses built between 1788 and 1794 by Thomas Baldwin and John Eveleigh. They stand at the terminals of Laura Place, connecting to No. 7 Argyle Street and No. 1 Henrietta Street. The houses are constructed from limestone ashlar with double-pitched slate mansard roofs, dormers, and moulded stacks on the party walls.

The buildings are three storeys high and have double-depth plans. They are distinguished by a continuous entablature with a modillion cornice, moulded sill string courses to the upper floors, and a ground floor cornice. The ground floor is rusticated with radial voussoirs to flat arched recesses, and has a plinth. Horned six/six-pane sash windows are a consistent feature. A grand order of Corinthian pilasters rises from the ground floor cornice.

No. 1 has a four-window range with pilasters to the left, inside right, and right. The first-floor window to the inside left is taller, semicircular arched, with radial glazing bars under a cornice and a festoon frieze on consoles. It features an eight-panel door with an ornate overlight. No. 2 has a three-window range set between the pilasters of the adjacent houses. The central first-floor window has a pediment, similar frieze to Nos. 1 and 3, on paired consoles, and an eight-panel door with a plain overlight. No. 3 presents a symmetrical five-window range with outer windows flanked by pilasters, and a similar window to that of No. 1 above the centre of the first floor. It has a five-panel door to the centre with an ornate overlight.

The interior of No. 10 includes an original stone staircase with a mahogany rail, a niche, and a rooflight at the top, along with swags to the wall. There is also an original, elaborate fireplace with gesso detailing.

The foundation stone for these houses on Henrietta Street was laid by Henrietta Laura Pulteney, daughter of the landowner, Sir William Johnstone Pulteney, on March 31st, 1788. Laura Place forms an important part of the Great Pulteney Street development, and its lozenge-shaped plan created an unusually generous urban space, serving as a prelude to Great Pulteney Street. The elevations demonstrate the influence of Robert Adam on town architecture.