Description

TQ 2879 SE
98/50

CITY OF WESTMINSTER, SW1
CHESTER SQUARE (east side),
Nos 77 to 80 (consec), 80a and Mews arch

9.1.70

GV II

Balanced terrace of houses. Planned 1828, started about 1835. Slate mansards
(except 79). End house set forward slightly with paired giant pilasters rising
through first and second floors. 3 storeys, attic, attic mansard, and basement.
Each house 2 windows wide (No 77 of 3 bays). Channelling to ground floor.
Square headed entrances and windows. No 79 with projecting porch. Panelled
doors. Centre and end houses with first floor windows set in segmental arched
reveals. Cast iron first floor balconies of anthemion pattern. Sashes, glazing
bars, French windows to first floor. Cornice above second floor; subsidiary
cornice above third floor. Cast iron spearheaded area railings. Return to left
also of interest with attached stucco segmental headed mews arch. Planned
development. GLC plaque to No 77 commemorating presence of the secretariat of
Queen Wilhemina of the Netherlands from 1940 to 1945.

London Vol I N Pevsner.

Listing NGR: TQ2863179083

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26319247

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Recommended Books

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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)