14 The Terrace, Barnes is a

Grade II listed In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...

house at The Terrace,

Barnes Barnes may refer to: People * Barnes (name), a family name and a given name (includes lists of people with that name) Places United Kingdom *Barnes, London, England **Barnes railway station ** Barnes Bridge railway station ** Barnes Railway Bri ...

, London SW13, facing the River Thames, built as one of a pair with No 13 in the mid-eighteenth century. Dame

Ninette de Valois Dame Ninette de Valois (born Edris Stannus; 6 June 1898 – 8 March 2001) was an Irish-born British dancer, teacher, choreographer, and director of classical ballet. Most notably, she danced professionally with Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, ...

(1898–2001), dancer, teacher,

choreographer Choreography is the art or practice of designing sequences of movements of physical bodies (or their depictions) in which motion or form or both are specified. ''Choreography'' may also refer to the design itself. A choreographer is one who cr ...

, and director of classical ballet, lived there from 1962 to 1982. A

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is fixed to the front of the house.

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1700s establishments in England Barnes, London Grade II listed houses in London Houses in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames Grade II listed buildings in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames The Terrace, Barnes {{London-struct-stub