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1-8, Porchester Square W2

A Grade II Listed Building in Bayswater, London

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.518 / 51°31'4"N

Longitude: -0.186 / 0°11'9"W

OS Eastings: 525960

OS Northings: 181454

OS Grid: TQ259814

Mapcode National: GBR 2B.F0

Mapcode Global: VHGQY.Q3JN

Plus Code: 9C3XGR97+5J

Entry Name: 1-8, Porchester Square W2

Listing Date: 1 December 1987

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1226989

English Heritage Legacy ID: 424534

ID on this website: 101226989

Location: Bayswater, Westminster, London, W2

County: London

District: City of Westminster

Electoral Ward/Division: Bayswater

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: City of Westminster

Traditional County: Middlesex

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London

Church of England Parish: St Stephen Paddington

Church of England Diocese: London

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Description


TQ 2581 SE CITY OF WESTMINSTER PORCHESTER SQUARE, W2
50/6 (east side)
Nos 1 to 8 (consec)
GV II
Terrace of large houses. Circa 1850. Stucco. Roof not visible. Balanced
composition: end pairs set forward slightly with rusticated quoins. 4 storeys,
attic and basement. Each house 2 windows wide. Channelling to ground floor;
projecting Doric porches; triglyph frieze across whole width. First floor
continuous bombé balcony. Square headed windows, architraved above ground floor
corniced to first floor; second floor windows with lion head roundels and swags
over. Outer pairs of houses with round headed windows to third floor. Sashes,
plate glass. Dentil cornice above third floor; subsidiary cornice to attic.


Listing NGR: TQ2596081453

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