Description

TQ 2882 SW CITY OF WESTMINSTER YORK TERRACE EAST 35/17 REGENT'S PARK NWl 5.2.70 Nos 1 to 18(consec). (including No 6 York Gate) (formerly listed as Nos 24-41 (consec) York Terrace) GV I Long terrace block. c.182 -26 by John Nash as part of his Regent's Park Crown Estate development. Stucco, slate roofs. Balanced "palace" block composition with York Terrace West q.v. dressed with same Illissian Ionic giant order as York Gate q.v. the "palace" illusion to park front maintained by placing entrances to rear. 4 storeys (including attic storey). Central pedimented hexastyle pavilion features and plain 15 window brick ranges above Doric colonnaded loggia terminating in projecting 5-window pavilions with Ionic order in antis. Channelled ground floors of pavilions have semicircular arched windows recessed for one order. Greek Doric colonnaded loggia with balustraded balcony parapet screens the ground floor windows of the link ranges, and the balustraded parapet is carried over the pavilions. Plain recessed sashes to upper floors. The central pavilion has single pilasters to bays flanking hexastyle portico and the giant order in antis on the end pavilions creates a 2-storey loggia in front of the windows. Continuous entablature over 2nd floor. The attic windows of pavilions have semicircular arched windows between pilaster strips. Continuous attic cornice and blocking course. The York Gate return has giant porch feature with semicircular arched doorway in pedimented surround which was originally a gate keeper's lodge. The plain brick rear elevation has built out stucco screen wall containing doorways framed by piers with Soanian incised Greek fret panels and block cornices. John Nash; John Summerson.

Listing NGR: TQ2832282179

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