Description

TQ 2980 NE and 2981 SE CITY OF WESTMINSTER FRITH STREET, Wl
58/85; 71/10
23.11.78 Nos. 39 and 40
GV II
Terrace houses. Part of a c.1743 row by John Balgrave, carpenter. Stock brick with
earlier brickwork to 2nd floor, concealed roof. 4 storeys. Each front 3 windows
wide. Mid C20 shop fronts to ground floor. Upper floors have flush framed sash
windows, except top floor and the 2nd floor of No. 39 where they are recessed, and
flat gauged red brick arches, glazing bars intact to No. 39 but casements in part to
No. 40. Parapet with coping and sill bands. Interiors: No. 39 retains dog leg
staircase with heavily moulded closed strings, turned balusters (boxed in) and
columnar newels with small pendants, elements of cornices,panelling etc.; No. 40 has
pilastered opening from passage-hall onto same staircase as at No. 39 and 1st floor
front room with cyma panelling and box cornice etc.
Survey of London; Vol. XXXIII.

Listing NGR: TQ2977080994

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q27080476

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)