Description

TQ 2680 NW CITY OF WESTMINSTER LANCASTER GATE, W2
64/28 (west side)
5.2.70 Nos 43 to 55 (consec)
GV II
Grand terrace of houses. 1865. John Johnson. Stucco. Slate mansard. 4
storeys and attic mansard. Full attic storey to Nos 53 and 54. Each house 3
windows wide. Rusticated ground floors, treated as pilasters to Nos 52 and 53.
Paired projecting Doric porches with rusticated columns. Balustraded balcony to
first floor. Square-headed windows, except to first floor, which round headed,
those to Nos 52 and 53 with Ionic columns to centre window and segmental pediment
over. Plate glass, sashes. Dentil cornices above first floor, breaking forward
over windows. Cornices to second floor windows. Architraves. Rich frieze and
console cornice above third floor windows. Subsidiary cornice to attic and
balustraded parapet to Nos 52 and 53, incorporating arched dormers. No 55 with
return to right. Matching terrace to Nos 23 to 35 (qv) and integral part of
Lancaster Gate planned layout.

Listing NGR: TQ2632480806

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26516068

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