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Number 38 Including Area Railings and Pair of Piers

A Grade II Listed Building in City of Westminster, London

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.5084 / 51°30'30"N

Longitude: -0.1504 / 0°9'1"W

OS Eastings: 528454

OS Northings: 180454

OS Grid: TQ284804

Mapcode National: GBR BF.DF

Mapcode Global: VHGQZ.BBTZ

Plus Code: 9C3XGR5X+9R

Entry Name: Number 38 Including Area Railings and Pair of Piers

Listing Date: 1 December 1987

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1236368

English Heritage Legacy ID: 427336

ID on this website: 101236368

Location: Mayfair, Westminster, London, W1K

County: London

District: City of Westminster

Electoral Ward/Division: West End

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: City of Westminster

Traditional County: Middlesex

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London

Church of England Parish: St George, Hanover Square

Church of England Diocese: London

Tagged with: House

Description


TQ 2880 SW CITY OF WESTMINSTER SOUTH STREET, W1 79/60 No 38 including area railings and pair of piers GV II Substantial town mansion. Dated 1920. Wimperis, Simpson and J Murray Easton. Red handmade brick. Portland stone dressings. Steep pantiled mansard to parapet. 2 storeys plus attic plus 2 tiers of dormers, 9 bays. Central entrance in projecting stone faced enclosed porch with Ionic half columns and pilasters and prominent keystone; broken scrolly pediment with dated cartouche set in outer open pediment of painted lead. Panelled door. Giant pilaster strips to corners and between second and third and seventh and eighth bays, rising from ground to first floor and echoed in attic. Square headed windows to ground and first floors, with intermediate circular windows to outer pairs of bays. Windows to attic mainly segmental headed, but circular to third, fifth and seventh bays. Gauged heads; flush frames, glazing bars. Enriched modillion cornice above first floor; parapet; elaborate torch finials above pilasters to parapet. Lower dormers segmental headed, corniced, upper comprising square headed triplets; sashes, glazing bars. Cast and wrought iron area railings with pair of Portland stone piers with pineapple finials to either end. Interior not inspected.

Listing NGR: TQ2845480454

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