Terrett's Place

At the far end of this paved alleyway is an interesting Georgian building, No. 3 Terrett's Place, dating from before 1746, which extends behind the buildings on the right so is twice as wide as the visible facade.

In his will John Wilson left this freehold house and its appurtenant yard used as a fowl yard and drying ground to one of his sons, John Wilson Junior. He specified that this bit of ground should be sold to any purchaser of the Copyhold Estate (i.e. Dr Pitcairn's House and Garden) if terms could be agreed upon after his wife ceased to occupy that house (i.e. what had been Dr Pitcairn's house on the corner of Almeida Street) but while she continued to occupy the house it should continue in her possession and for her use without any charge or rent whatever.

John Wilson Junior died in 1832, after his mother, who had died in 1830, leaving the house and yard to his son Frederick on similar terms. What had been the yard now as No. 4 Terrett's Place contains a former warehouse/factory converted into flats.