Description

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TQ 2880 NE
69/136

CITY OF WESTMINSTER
ST GEORGE STREET, W1 (west side)
Nos 16 and 17

(Formerly listed as Nos 16 and 17, ST GEORGE'S STREET)

GV

II
Terrace town houses. Early C18, c.1717-20 with some early C20 shop alterations. Red brick and stone dressings, No 16 stuccoed and painted, slate roofs. Rusticated stone quoin piers flanking fronts. Four storeys and basements. Each 4 windows wide. Some of ground floor windows widened for shop fronts; central and off centre entrances, the doorcases with rusticated surrounds and moulded cornices. Revealed sash windows, later C19 glazing, with cambered heads in stone surrounds linked vertically by rusticated aprons. Stone dentil cornice to third floor with blocking course.

No 17, formerly occupied by Morris & Co, has plaque recording foundation of the firm by William Morris. The interior of No 16 retains a front stair compartment rising to first floor, cut string stone steps with wrought iron scrolled banisters, panelled walls, Ionic pilastered archway from first floor gallery landing to dog leg back stairs; decoration otherwise altered late C18 and restored. No 17 also has front compartment stairwell, cut string stairs with possibly reset ornate wrought iron banisters, panelled dado. Ground floor front and back rooms (now shop) divided by Greek Revival late C18 Ionic columned screen etc. First floor drawing room with late C18 Adam style plasterwork to ceiling etc.

Listing NGR: TQ2890780982

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q27081471

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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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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)