Clarence Terrace

Clarence Terrace stands as the smallest and most compact of the grand residential terraces built around Regent's Park. Designed in 1823 by the young architect Decimus Burton under the watchful supervision of John Nash, the terrace was part of an ambitious vision to transform a former royal hunting ground into an elite, palace-like enclave for London’s wealthy elite. While it was named to honor the Duke of Clarence, who would later become King William the Fourth, it is a distinctly separate place from the famous royal residence, Clarence House, located elsewhere in the city. Its construction marked a high point in the development of the Crown Estate, with a design intended to mirror the rhythmic symmetry and grandeur of classical Greek and Roman architecture.