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41, Charles Street W1

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

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.5081 / 51°30'29"N

Longitude: -0.1463 / 0°8'46"W

OS Eastings: 528741

OS Northings: 180422

OS Grid: TQ287804

Mapcode National: GBR CF.BK

Mapcode Global: VHGQZ.FC08

Plus Code: 9C3XGV53+6F

Entry Name: 41, Charles Street W1

Listing Date: 24 February 1958

Grade: II*

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1217994

English Heritage Legacy ID: 209121

ID on this website: 101217994

Location: Mayfair, Westminster, London, W1J

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 2880 SE CITY OF WESTMINSTER CHARLES STREET W1 80/41 (South side) No 41 24.2.58 GV II*

Substantial terraced town house. c.1750-53, by the master builder John Phillips in partnership with George Shakespear, on a Berkeley Estate lease. Brown brick, slate roof. 3 storeys, basement and dormered mansard. 5 windows wide. Entrance in 2nd bay from left, in architrave doorcase with carved consoles and moulded cornice, 6-panel door with radial glazed rectangular fanlight. Recessed glazing bar sashes under flat gauged arches. Moulded stone cornice below parapet with coping. 1st floor windows have late C18 wrought iron balconettes. Wrought iron area railings with twin scrolled lampholders. Interior virtually unaltered with front compartment staircase up to 1st floor only, with carved brackets and cut string, 3 columnar balusters per tread and ramped handrail, returned to landing-gallery and bowed out to left hand rear room doorway; upper walls of compartment have Rococo plasterwork framing panels and good Rococo plasterwork ceiling; modillion cornice and enriched Rococo chimney piece to ground floor front room, good Rococo plasterwork to 1st floor reception rooms, carved chimney pieces, doorcases, shutters, etc.

Listing NGR: TQ2874180422

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