This view shows a row of historic houses on The Terrace, which runs alongside the Thames in Barnes in the Barnes Green conservation area of Richmond-upon-Thames and has several eighteenth and nineteenth-century houses of exceptional quality. Prominent in this view at the centre with its distinctive bowed and canopied balcony, numbers 7 and 7a is an eighteenth-century building that was Grade II listed in 1951, listing number 125879. To the left of view, number 6A appears to be in the process of rebuilding, with exposed block work, unglazed window frames, and scaffolding in place with a sign for DAVIES GENERAL BUILDERS. This building appears to have been listed locally as a Building of Townscape Merit in 1983 and its stucco frontage has been finished in a similar colour to 7 and 7a The Terrace. Taller building at number 8 with the bowed frontage and squared ground floor and balcony is also known as Cromwell Lodge. Dating from late eighteenth or early nineteenth-century, it was also Grade II listed in 1951, listing number 1252880. Beyond, a set of ornate railings with bird of prey post finials belongs to 9 The Terrace, set back from the road and so hidden by Cromwell Lodge, and once the home of poet, writer, editor, and critic William Ernest Henley (1849-1903). 10 The Terrace, shown with the ornate canopied balcony and a for sale sign on its brick flanking wall, was the home of the composer Gustav Holst (1874-1934) between 1908 and 1913, commemorated by a plaque, which is just visible under the balcony. Built in the early nineteenth-century, it was Grade II listed in 1951, listing number 1252883 and is also known as Holst House. Beyond and to the right of view, the eighteenth-century house at 11 The Terrace was the home of the actor John Moody from circa 1780 until his death in 1812. It was Grade II listed in 1983, listing number 1252949. Also shown parked in the street are an Austin A40 and a Ford Consul.
