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50, Albemarle Street W1

A Grade II* Listed Building in City of Westminster, London

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.508 / 51°30'28"N

Longitude: -0.1411 / 0°8'27"W

OS Eastings: 529104

OS Northings: 180419

OS Grid: TQ291804

Mapcode National: GBR DF.HM

Mapcode Global: VHGQZ.HCSB

Plus Code: 9C3XGV55+5H

Entry Name: 50, Albemarle Street W1

Listing Date: 24 February 1958

Grade: II*

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1209871

English Heritage Legacy ID: 208517

ID on this website: 101209871

Location: St James's, Westminster, London, W1S

County: London

District: City of Westminster

Electoral Ward/Division: West End

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: City of Westminster

Traditional County: Middlesex

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London

Church of England Parish: St George, Hanover Square

Church of England Diocese: London

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Description


TQ 2980 SW CITY OF WESTMINSTER ALBEMARLE STREET W1 81/6 No 50 24.2.58 GV II*

Terraced town house, c. 1710-20. Stuccoed front with slate roof. 4 storeys basement and dormered mansard. 3 windows wide. Doorway to right with stone doorcase with moulded cornice hood on carved consoles. Revealed segmental arched sash windows, no glazing bars, with keystones reaching up to plat bands above. Plat band between each floor and bracketed main cornice. c. 1800 wrought iron balconettes to 1st floor. Interior largely intact, doorcases, dados, cornices etc. including fine staircase, open string with carved brackets to tread ends, twisted balusters and mahogany handrail swept to columnar newels. The house was the original residence of John Murray, the founder of the publishers of that name and has many literary associations.

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Listing NGR: TQ2910480419

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