Terrace And Attached Front Area Railings And Gates

A terrace of nineteen houses built between 1832 and 1846, likely designed by RS Pope. The terrace is constructed of limestone ashlar with lateral stacks and slate double-pile and mansard roofs. It has a double-depth plan and is executed in a Neoclassical style. Each house has three storeys, a basement, and an attic. The layout comprises a nine-window end section, a twelve-window middle section set forward, and twelve-window linking sections. The ground floor is banded, incorporating inner doorways; a second-floor frieze and cornice are present, and the forward sections feature an attic storey and a balustraded mansard. The central section has outer houses with giant pilasters, and a recessed upper floor behind a giant Ionic colonnade on plinths, linked by balustrades with stone balconies to the second-floor windows. The end sections echo the centre, but with attached columns to the middle house and bowed stone balconies, with panelled jambs and lintels to the doors. Linking sections feature ground-floor alignment with the ends, recessed upper floors, first-floor stone loggias with square columns to an entablature, and a balustrade in front of the mansard. Ground-floor windows are plain, while the upper floors have windows with architraves, the first floor windows being the tallest, accommodating 6/6-pane sashes, 3/3-pane attic windows, and casement mansard windows. The rear elevation has large semicircular-arched stair lights with 10/12 panes. Cast-iron balconies with anthemia decorate the first floor. Vaulted brick cellars are located beneath the front pavement. The interior includes an entrance hall with a semicircular arch, a stone dogleg staircase with cast-iron balusters, first-floor rooms linked by folding panelled doors, cornices, marble fireplaces, panelled shutters, and 6-panel doors. Attached to the front are cast-iron area railings and gates. The terrace is known as the Vyvyan Terrace, named after the Tory MP Sir Richard Vyvyan, and it represents one of the finest examples of Regency architecture in Clifton.