The Terrace, which runs alongside the Thames in Barnes in the Barnes Green conservation area of Richmond-upon-Thames, has several eighteenth and nineteenth-century houses of exceptional quality. This view is believed to show an upper floor room to the rear of 4 The Terrace, which in recent memory was Wilson's wool and haberdashery shop, since converted to residential use. Extended to the rear in the 1970s, it was listed locally as a Building of Townscape Merit in 1983. Building work was taking place at the time of the photograph and scaffolding extends above the roof, which has a corrugated metal sheet covering extending to the front of the building. The rear elevation appears to be whitewashed brick with a two-story half width extension standing on a support with a single-storey void beneath, possibly at a basement level relative to the building's street entrance. The garden, which appears to be out of season, has a lawn divided by a stone slab pathway with borders to either side. The neighbouring buildings extend forward relative to number 4, number 5 to the left and number 3A to the right, the brick boundary walls adding to the enclosed feel of the rear garden space. There is a considerable amount of building debris at the base of the scaffolding, including a wooden ladder left flat on the grass. Four builders can just be seen at different levels, indicating they may be in the process of passing materials to the one at the top. A large basket on a pully rests at the top of its assembly.
