Description

TQ 2881 NE CITY OF WESTMINSTER HARLEY STREET, Wl
45/16 (East side)
10.9.54 No. 108
G.V. II
Terraced town house. c.1777 Portland Estate development, probably by
John White in partnership with the plasterer Thomas Collins (associates of
Sir William Chambers). Stock brick with channelled stucco ground floor;
slate roof. 4 storeys, basement and dormered mansard. 3 windows wide.
Broad semicircular arched doorway to right with Coade stone vermiculated
rustications and head keystone; panelled door, sidelights,moulded doorhead
and fanlight. Recessed sashes, under flat gauged arches to upper floors.
1st floor plat band and sill band, cornice over 2nd floor and modillion
cornice and blocking course. Cast iron mid C.19 balcony to 1st floor.
Cast iron plumbed spike area railings. Interior retains some good
original features with top lit stone geometrical staircase with wrought
iron balustrade and stucco mythological relief medallion over marble
chimneypiece of ground floor front room etc; all features common to these
1770s speculative 1st rate houses in Harley Street.

Listing NGR: TQ2859681906

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26319582

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Recommended Books

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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)