No. 79 Dean Street
For the building of this house see the table on
page 250. Throughout the eighteenth century
the ratepayers changed frequently. The address
of R. W. Backhouse, architect, is given here in
1806 and 1811, and of William Pickman,
sculptor, in 1825–33. (ref. 204) Like No. 78, the house
is of conventional design, its plan mirroring that
of its neighbour to the south. The front, three
windows wide, has been altered in the ground
storey by the insertion of a shop front and the
replacement of the original doorcase by one of
mid-Victorian character in stucco. A fourth
storey has replaced the original mansard garret
(Plate 112c).