Description

TQ 2881 NW CITY OF WESTMINSTER UPPER WIMPOLE STREET,
44/19 (West side) W1
No 24
14.3.66
G.V. II
Terraced town house, c1780-90, probably by John White for the Portland Estate.
Stock brick with channelled stucco ground floor; slate roof. 4 storeys and
dormered mansard, on basement. 3-window wide astylar front. Semicircular arched
doorway to left with architraved panelled door framed by inset 1/2 Ionic fluted
pilasters, enriched cornice-doorhead and fanlight framed by inscribed archivolt
with paterae studded surround. Recessed sashes, under flat gauged arches to
upper floors. Plat band over ground floor. Parapet with coping. Cast iron
Victorian scroll-patterned 1st floor balcony. Flambé urn finialed area
railings. Interior retains good features,of particular note the plasterwork of
the ceilings (by John Utterton?) with inset panels; stone top lit geometrical
staircase with delicate wrought iron balustrade, statuary marble chimneypieces;
etc.

Listing NGR: TQ2847681802

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26319181

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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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