The East Terrace soon after completion.

Carlton House Terrace refers to a street in the St James's district of London' England, and in particular to two terraces of white stucco houses on the south side of the street overlooking St James's Park. These terraces were built in 1827-32 to overall designs by John Nash with detailed input by other architects including Decimus Burton. They took the place of Carlton House, and the freehold still belongs to the Crown Estate. St. ... The Clock Tower of the Palace of Westminster which contains Big Ben London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Religion... St. ... John Nash (1752 – 13 May 1835) was a British architect responsible for much of the layout of Regency London. ... Decimus Burton (30 September 1800-December 1881) was a prolific English architect and garden designer, particularly associated with projects in the classical style in London parks, including buildings at Kew Gardens and London Zoo, and with the layout and architecture of the seaside towns of Fleetwood and St Leonards on... The entrance front of Carlton House. ... In the United Kingdom and its predecessors, Crown land is designated land belonging to the Crown, the equivalent of an entailed estate that passed with the monarchy and could not be alienated from it. ...

The two terraces are Grade I listed buildings. Each terrace consists of nine large houses. The are unusual among expensive London terraced houses in that they do not have a mews to the rear. The reason for this was that Nash wanted the houses to make the best possible use of the view of the park, and also to present an attractive facade to the park. The service accomodation was placed in two storeys of basements (rather than the usual one) and underneath broad terraces between the houses and the park. The Duke of York Column and Steps are located between the East and West terraces, leading down from Waterloo Place to St James's Park. The building were severely damaged in the Second World War. The facades have been restored to their original state, but many of the interiors are much altered. Buckingham Palace, a Grade I listed building. ... Mews is a chiefly British term, used in the plural, referring to stables with living quarters surrounding a courtyard, or living quarters adapted from stables. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ...

Up until World War II Carlton House Terrace was one of the most fashionable residential addresses in London. The Prussian Legates, and later their successors the German Ambassadors, occupied Number 9 from 1849 until World War II, eventually combining it with Number 8. The terrace had several famous residents including: The coat of arms of the Kingdom of Prussia, 1701-1918 The word Prussia (German: Preußen or Preussen, Polish: Prusy, Lithuanian: Prūsai, Latin: Borussia) has had various (often contradictory) meanings: The land of the Baltic Prussians (in what is now parts of southern Lithuania, the Kaliningrad exclave of Russia and... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ...

• Lord Palmerston (Prime Minister): at Number 5 from 1840-46.
• Earl Gray (Prime Minister): at Number 13 from 1851-57 and again from 1859-80.
• William Gladstone (Prime Minister): at Number 4 in 1856 and Number 11 from 1857-75.
• Lord Curzon (Foreign Secretary and Viceroy of India): at Number 1 from 1905-25.
• Joachim von Ribbentrop (German Ambassador): at Number 9 from 1936-38.

The West Terrace. Number 9, formerly the German Embassy and now the home of the Royal Society, is the tall house at the near end of the terrace.

Most of the houses are now occupied by businesses, institutes and learned societies. Number 9 is now the home of the Royal Society (the present German Embassy is in Belgrave Square). The Institute of Contemporary Arts occupies much of the basement of the East Terrace. The Crown Estate has had its headquarters in four houses in the terrace for many years, but as of 2005 it is reconstructing a building in Regent Street, which is also part of the Crown Estate, for its own use. The intention is to convert one of the vacated houses into a single residence and the other three into apartments. This is in line with a trend in London to reconvert terraced houses from offices to residential use, the same thing having happened recently in Belgrave Square and various less prestigious addresses. Terraced houses were ideal for office use in the days when separate offices were expected, but they cannot be adapted to modern requirements for open plan offices. On the other hand demand there is rising demand for residential property in central London as London's population began to grow in the 1980s after several decades of decline. Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (October 20, 1784 - October 18, 1865) was a British Prime Minister and Liberal politician. ... In the United Kingdom, the Prime Minister is the head of government, exercising many of the executive functions nominally vested in the Sovereign, who is head of state. ... William Ewart Gladstone (December 29, 1809 - May 19, 1898) was a British Liberal politician and Prime Minister (1868-1874, 1880-1885, 1886 and 1892-1894). ... George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston (January 11, 1859 - March 20, 1925), was a conservative British statesman and sometime Viceroy of India. ... The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs is a member of the British Government responsible for relations with foreign countries. ... The Governor-General of India (or Governor-General and Viceroy of India) was the head of the British administration in India. ... Joachim von Ribbentrop Joachim von Ribbentrop (born Joachim Ribbentrop) (April 30, 1893–October 16, 1946) was Foreign Minister of Germany from 1938 until 1945. ... The Royal Society in London, 2004-04-20. ... The Royal Society in London, 2004-04-20. ... The Royal Society of London is claimed to be the oldest learned society still in existence. ... The Royal Society of London is claimed to be the oldest learned society still in existence. ... Categories: London attractions | Stub ... Nashs Regent Street in 1829. ...

At the west end of the Carlton House Terrace is a street called Carlton House Gardens, which was developed at around the same time. It contained a small number of large detached or semi-detached houses. Two of them survive, and one of those is the official residence of the Foreign Secretary. The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs is a member of the British Government responsible for relations with foreign countries. ...