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 shows a row of houses at 15-16a The Terrace, just by Barnes Bridge Station, number 16a running as a newsagent's shop at the time, since converted to residential use and thought to have been renumbered as 17 The Terrace. All were listed locally as Buildings of Townscape Merit in 1983. Number 15 is two-storeys with attic, having a full width modern dormer window and a modern single window to its first floor. Its frontage has since been remodelled to a more traditional appearance, its neighbouring house at 14 The Terrace, out of view, being Grade II listed and now bearing a blue plaque commemorating Dame Ninette De Valois (1898-2001), Founder of the Royal Ballet, who lived there in 1962-82. 15A The Terrace is three-storeys and is shown with what appear to be twentieth-century ground floor door and window replacements and in need of some exterior work. It has since been renovated to a more traditional appearance, with iron railings and repainted stucco. Number 16, also three-storeys, has a ground floor bay window and retracted awning, indicating this was at one time used as a shop, but the net curtains suggest it was already in residential use. A first floor window bay has since been added above the one shown. Number 16A is shown as D ANDERSON NEWSAGENT & TOBACCONIST, with BENSON and HEDGES Pure Gold across its hoarding and DAILY EXPRESS - LET US DELIVER YOUR NEWSPAPERS stated boldly below the well-stocked display window. A triangular-based waste bin displays LONDON WEEKLY ADVERTISER and next to the closed door is a poster board beneath a Wrigley's chewing gum dispenser showing The News of the World with the headline THE FROST MEN, with an image of the television journalist, satirical comedian and writer, David Frost (Sir David Paradine Frost OBE, 1939-2013). The display window has since been remodelled to a similar plan to number 16's, though remains single-storey. Its upper floor windows have also been remodelled to a more traditional form than the modern style shown in the photograph.
