South Kensington Living
Pelham Place
All the houses in Pelham Place have three main storeys with basements. They differ from the Pelham Crescent houses in not having attics, porches, or balconies at ground floor level. The façades too are slightly less elaborate than those of Pelham Crescent, but apart from a little Greek-inspired decoration both sets of houses are decoratively restrained anyway.
The houses have casement windows at first floor level opening onto wrought iron balconettes. At ground floor level, there are sash windows protected by cast iron railings.
The area has railings at ground level and these have the traditional spear head pattern as Basevi designed them, which match with the palm leaves of the capitals.
The end-of-terrace houses at the corner with Pelham Crescent have fronts on both streets. The end houses of each range of houses have square pilasters and canted bays through the full height of the buildings.
On the west side of the street the terrace's facade is topped with a balustrade, with a parapet on the central house (No. 15). This house also differs from the others in having particularly wide architraves at the windows and a continuous balcony at first-floor level. The railings which may have been constructed later than the house.
Nos. 16 and 18 Pelham Place differ in design from the rest of the terrace. They are two storey houses, the facades are fully stuccoed. The houses have overhanging eaves and outside shutters to the windows. Doric porticos were added in 1872.
