Description

TQ 2980 SW CITY OF WESTMINSTER PALL MALL SW1
81/57 (South side)
5.2.70 Nos 80 to 82 consec.
(Schomberg House)
GV II*
Town mansion. 1698 for the Duke of Schomberg. Later alterations
and additions. Brown brick with red brick dressings and stone
quoining, slate roof. 4 storeys and basement. 9 bays wide with 3 bay
pedimented centre slightly advanced and projecting single bay flanking
wings, the eastern left half of elevation rebuilt restoring the original
symmetry of the design in the 1960s. Central projecting caryatid
porch of painted Coade stone (dated 1791) but no doorway behind it,
the entrance at foot of west wing with Ionic columns and bracketed
cornice. Long, narrow, renewed glazing bar sash windows flush framed
with flat gauged red brick arches, keystones and red brick dressings.
The centre bay has vertical "lacing". Coved eaves cornice together
with pediment have carved modillion brackets. Coade stone tablet
on 1st floor featuring an allegory of Painting. Plaque on west
wing commemorating residence of Thomas Gainsborough, the painter.
Rare survival of Cl7 town mansion.
Survey of London; vol XXIX

Listing NGR: TQ2948480180

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Schomberg House at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q7432105

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Recommended Books

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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)