Title: York Gate Regent's Park & Mary-Le-Bone Church  Artist: Shepherd, ThomasEngraver / Plate Maker: UnknownSize: 5.75" x 3.5"Print Date: 1828York Gate was designed by the architect John Nash, and built in 1822 as the Grand Entrance from The New Road to The Regent's Park. The view on the plate and on the engraving  shows St. Marylebone parish church on the far side of the New Road.(Now Marylebone Road) It was built on the Duke of Portland's Estate between 1813 and 1817. On the right of the Church is No. 8-12 York Gate, a terrace of five, four storied stuccoed town houses, No. 7 is the building on the extreme right, this is the end of one of the two large terraced buildings in York Terrace, which is situated between York Gate and the Park, it is built with a single story extension which gives the appearance of a gatehouse. Behind the trees on the left of the plate is a mirror image of these buildings. No. 1-5 were damaged during WW2. and rebuilt later, they are now part of the Royal Academy of Music, No. 6 now houses, Rotary International and The Rotary Club of London.

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