It’s not unusual to see large Georgian houses like this with bricked up windows. This was because the rate of Window Tax, as the name suggests, was linked to the number of windows a property had. Having between 10 and 20 meant one level was paid (on top of a flat-rate tax per property), while above 20 windows took you into the next tax band.

This property has 9 windows blocked up, meaning that no natural light at all was let in on the west side of the building. Presumably a small price worth paying to avoid the tax!