View of refurbished houses in Portland Grove (formerly Portland Place North), Stockwell. To the right, number 44 is an early to mid-nineteenth century two-storey detached house with basement and steps up to a central porch. It is Grade II listed, number 1357913. Numbers 46-50 form a terrace of early to mid-nineteenth century two-storey houses with blank basements and steps leading up to the front doors. They are Grade II listed, number 1064965. Adjacent, numbers 52-54; early to mid-nineteenth century two-storey semi-detached houses. They are Grade II listed, number 1064966. In 1821 the lease of this land was purchased by William Bennett, silversmith, of Bartholomew Close. It was divided into five lots and let on building leases between 1822 and 1830 to James Blake of Helmet Row, Old Street, carpenter and timber merchant, John Barnes of Pentonville, carpenter, and Richard Howard of St Mary, Newington, carpenter and builder. Blake had three of these leases. Each lease required the builder to erect four or more houses at a cost of not less than £3,000, making a total of £15,000 for the whole estate, and to construct new roads, including Portland Grove.