Description

TQ 2781 SE CITY OF WESTMINSTER STANHOPE PLACE, W2
54/87
10.4.75 No. 6
G.V. II
Terraced town house incorporating mews entrance. c.1828-30, possibly by
George Gutch; part of first phase of Tyburnia development. Stuccoed with
joint lines incised and channelled ground floor; concealed slate roof. 3
storeys and basement. 3 windows wide. Semicircular arched doorway in
centre adjoining right hand segmental arched mews entrance; panelled door
with reeded jambs and head under fanlight (mid C.20 canopy added). Ground
floor windows altered; 1st floor has margin glazed French casements
recessed in shallow moulded architrave surrounds with cornices; 2nd floor
has recessed glazing bar sashes. 1st floor plat band. Crowning cornice
and blocking course. Original, cast iron, geometric patterned balcony to
1st floor. Cast iron area railings with urn finials. Part of Tyburnia,
the development of the Bishop of London's Estate planned by S.P. Cockerell
in 1827 but laid out to modified plan by his successor George Gutch.
"The History of Tyburnia"; G. Toplis in Country Life, 15,22 Nov. 1973.

Listing NGR: TQ2754881008

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26529851

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