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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". An official report commented "there is not a single terrace which does not give the impression of hopeless dereliction". In the
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early 1950s restoration work restored the portico of Cumberland Terrace to "its former glory". The terrace was mainly occupied by government departments during and after the war, and in the 1950s there was a short-lived proposal to turn the whole terrace into a hall of residence for the
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above a long colonnade of Ionic columns. Originally comprising 31 houses which were entirely reconstructed behind the original façade in the 1960s, some have been converted into flats but many houses are still separate family homes.
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lived at 27 Cumberland Terrace with his wife, the violinist Dorothea Muir Mackenzie and their four daughters, including the pianist Michal Hambourg. Other residents of the terrace included the actresses
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The first resident, William Mountford Nurse himself, moved into the terrace in 1828; the building was not fully occupied until 1836.
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moved into No 16 in 1936 after leaving her husband. Among those born in Cumberland Terrace were the theatre manager
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serving as resident architect, and was completed in 1826. It consists of three main blocks, linked by decorative
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style and grandeur. The central block includes a large sculptural pediment by
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Grade I listed buildings in the London Borough of Camden
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The Terrace was built by William Mountford Nurse, with
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It was one of several terraces and crescents around
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terrace
Regent's Park
London Borough of Camden
listed building
Regent's Park
architect
John Nash
Prince Regent
George IV
Duke of Cumberland
King George III
King of Hanover
James Thomson
arches
neoclassical
J. G. Bubb
Second World War
University of London
Crown Estate
Henry Vaughan
The Hay Wain
National Gallery
Mark Hambourg
Gladys Cooper
Fay Compton
Wallis Simpson
Sir Bronson Albery
Oscar Browning
Daphne du Maurier

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