Description

TQ 2880 NW CITY OF WESTMINSTER UPPER GROSVENOR
68/50 STREET, Wl
No. 12
G.V. II
End of terrace town house. c.1728 by Benjamin Turnbull for himself,
early C.19 alterations and probably heightening. Stucco faced, slate
roof. 4 storeys and basement. 4 windows wide. Channelled ground
floor with entrance to left, 6-panel door with side lights and
patterned fanlight under square head; recessed sashes with channelling
struck to flat arches. Segmental arched architraved windows to 1st
and 2nd floors, those on 1st floor with pediments. Shallow corner
pilasters frame upper floor rising to crowning cornice and blocking
course; plat bands to 1st and 3rd floors. Early C.19 geometric
pattern cast iron balcony to 1st floor. Painted brick irregularly
windowed return to Park Street. Cast iron area railings with urn
finials. Interior retains probably original plan but principally
early C.19 features apart from early C.18 doors and doorcases in hall,
geometric staircase with iron balusters etc.
Survey of London; Vol. XL.

Listing NGR: TQ2818080681

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26319168

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6