Description

TQ 2679 SW QUEEN'S GATE TERRACE SW7
38/25
15.4.69
Nos 56 and 58
GV
II

Pair of houses c1863-4. C Grey architect. Late C19. Polychrome, brick with stone
dressings and stucco ornamentation, and Italianate Ruskinian features. Each two to
three windows wide. Immensely overhanging eaves cornice with enriched brackets and
coloured tile inlay surmounted by ornamental chimney stacks. Four storeys and
basement. Arched entrances in advanced porches. First floor windows with rope moulded
arches and carved capitals. Windows on upper floors are grouped in threes with arched
polychromed heads divided by pilasters, curved caps and archivolts. On third floor a
string course emphasised by twisted rope motif. First floor balcony with Gothic iron
balustrades. Survey of London Vol 38.

Listing NGR: TQ2618579324

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• 56–58 Queen's Gate Terrace at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q27081155

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