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The story

In 1791 or thereabouts, a solicitor, an architect and a builder met in the pub on Church Crescent (round the corner from what is now Cassland Terrace) and decided to build some houses to sell. They are reputed to be the first building society as the houses they were building were speculative.

Building began at the northern end of the plot, nearest the pub. As they moved down the terrace the windows at the back became larger and larger, until cracks appeared on the rear wall (round about no 40) where the windows suddenly become smaller. Each of the houses is slightly different, the ground floor rooms are separated by double doors, four-fold doors whilst others have arches spanning the room.

The terrace was built quickly, the houses sold well, the last house built was for the solicitor, and strangely it has an additional floor and is wider than any of the other houses in the terrace.

The gardens backed onto common grazing land (now Maynell Crescent). A stable block was added to the north of the site.