Description

TQ 3079 NW CITY OF WESTMINSTER DOWNING STREET, SW1
92/3
No. 12
14.1.70
II
G.V.

Terraced town house-offices. 1682 origin as one of the houses in
Sir George Downing's new street; rebuilt or remodelled c.1723 and
probably refaced by Kenton Couse c.1766; virtually rebuilt and much
enlarged towards St. James Park by Raymond Erith 1960-63. Red brick,
slate roof. Neo-Georgian, sensitively continuing the style of Nos. 10
and 11. 3 storeys and dormered attic with lower ground floor to west and
north. 3 windows wide with 3 window extension, 6-window west return and
5 windows to north. Single storey one window entrance porch with cornice
and parapet to right. Recessed glazing bar sashes under flat gauged
arches. Stone cornices at 1st floor and eaves. Interior retains a now
subdivided room with 2-column screen.

Survey of London; Vol. XIV.
History of the King's Works; Vol VI.

Listing NGR: TQ3001979933

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• 12 Downing Street at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q2722248

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Recommended Books

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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)