Front elevation of 14-26 Abercorn Place, St John's Wood. Abercorn Place runs north east from Maida Vale to Abbey Road and was laid out in the early-nineteenth century on land owned by Harrow School. It was named after a school governor, Lord Abercorn. On the right, numbers 24-26 are three-storey, semi-detached houses with semi-basement and steps up to porches supported by Ionic columns. A cast-iron balcony to the ground-floor casement windows. Numbers 14-22 form a three-storey terrace with attics and basements, built in 1840. Ionic columns support the porches, and there is a first-floor cast-iron balcony. Numbers 16 and 20 set back with an Ionic colonnade and cast-iron balcony to the ground floor. Numbers 12-16 are Grade II listed, listing number 1209591, and numbers 18-22 are Grade II listed, listing number 1066533. Numbers 24-26 are three-storey, semi-detached houses with basements. Steps up to a porch supported by Ionic columns. Outside number 20 are estate agents’ signs, 'For Sale Willett', and 'Freehold For Sale Cilland and Company'. A car is parked on the street. In 1881, number 18 was a school run by Harriet Bridgley and her sister, which had six resident boys, and three servants. Number 24 was also a small school run by teacher Eleanor Gray and her daughter Amy. They had five resident children all listed as Eleanor's nieces and nephews.