Description

TQ 3081 SW CITY OF WESTMINSTER DRURY LANE, WC2 59/1 No. 36 (The Marl- 15.1.73 borough Public House) and Nos 37, 39 and 40. G.V. II Terrace house with shops and public house. c.1840-50, Mercers Company Estate development. Stock brick with stucco dressings, slate roofs. 3 storeys plus attic storey and mansard. No. 36 has a 3-window wide front with 3- window return; Nos 37 and 40 of 3-windows each and No. 39 of 2 windows. No. 36 has public house front with corner entrance, the rest have shop fronts variously altered but all, including pub, retaining framework of plain pilasters supporting entableture-fascia. Upper floors have recessed glazing bar sashes in stucco architraves; 1st floor windows pedimented except No. 37 which has giant Corinthian pilasters through 2 storeys. Modillion cornice over 2nd floor and pilastered attic storey with crowning balustrade incorporating tablets inscribed "Marlborough Head" over No. 36 and "Victoria House" above No. 40. Included for group value at junction with Long Acre q.v., only.

Listing NGR: TQ3037981196

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Recommended Books

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  For the Record
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)