Description

TQ 2781 SE CITY OF WESTMINSTER MONTAGU SQUARE, W1
54/9 (West side)

Nos. 47 to 49 consec.

G.V. II

Terraced townhouses. c.1810-11 (front of No. 47 rebuilt in facsimile), by
J.T. Parkinson as part of his Montagu-Bryanston Square development for the
Portman Estate. Stock brick with channelled stucco ground floors; slate
roofs concealed except for No. 49. Nos. 47 and 48 of 4 storeys, No. 49 of
5 storeys with dormered mansard, on basements. 3-window wide fronts.
Semicircular arched doorways to left at No. 47, others to right; inset
Greek Doric columns, panelled doors, entablature doorheads, and fanlights.
Recessed sashes, most with glazing bars, under flat gauged arches to upper
floors. Plat band finishing off ground floor stuccowork, stucco sill band
to 3rd floors and one to 4th floor of No. 49. Crowning stucco cornices
and blocking courses. Continuous, bracketed, cast iron geometric patterned
balconies to 1st floor. Cast iron area railings with acorn finials.

Listing NGR: TQ2778181484

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q27080847

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