Cumberland Terrace

[2] The Terrace was built by William Mountford Nurse, with James Thomson serving as resident architect, and was completed in 1826.

It consists of three main blocks, linked by decorative arches with typical neoclassical style and grandeur.

The central block includes a large sculptural pediment by J. G. Bubb above a long colonnade of Ionic columns.

[2] During the Second World War the Nash buildings around the park, including Cumberland Terrace, fell into what one newspaper called "a sad state of neglect … caused by bombing and the ravages of time".

[12] Among those born in Cumberland Terrace were the theatre manager Sir Bronson Albery, the teacher and historian Oscar Browning, the author Daphne du Maurier (at the house, no.