Description

TQ 2981 SW CITY OF WESTMINSTER REGENT STREET, Wl
57/58 (west side)
22.11.73 Nos. 223 to 227 (odd)
(including No. 4 Maddox
Street and No. 21
Hanover Street)
GV II
Block of shops and offices between Maddox Street and Hanover Street. c.1922 by T.S.
Darbyshire. Portland stone ashlar facings, slate roofs. Classical style of vaguely
Beaux Arts derivation. 4 storeys, attic storey and dormered mansard. Symmetrical
fenestration with slightly projecting centre in the rhythm 3:3:3, splayed corners and
6 window returns to Maddox Street and 4 window returns to Hanover Street. Ground
floor altered with mid to late C.20 shop fronts and entrances. 1st floor has
recessed metal casement windows flanked by pilasters carrying entablature with
central pediment to each 3-window bay. 2nd floor windows have console bracketed
cornices. Bracketed main cornice surmounted by urns in high relief on centre piece.
3-light cornered dormers. Cast iron balconies to 1st floor and to central window of
each of 3 window bays on 2nd and 3rd floors. Decorative ridge cresting.

Listing NGR: TQ2905381062

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q27081415

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Recommended Books

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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)