Description

TQ 2681 SE CITY OF WESTMINSTER SUSSEX GARDENS, W2
52/35 and (south-east side)
TQ 2680 NE
65/35 Nos 163 to 213 (odd)
5.2.70
GV II
Terrace. Early-mid C19. Brown brick in Flemish bond, part painted. Channelled
stucco ground floor and stucco dressings. 4 storeys and basement, attic to
part. Irregular composition: 10 'central' bays flanked by 4-bay breakforward;
to the right 16 bays, the centre 4 of which breakforward; to the left 16 bays and
a further 6-bay breakforward. Nos 185-213 have projecting Tuscan porches, some
with metopes and triglyphs. Pilastered entrances with overlights, tripartite
sashes, some replaced. First floor iron balcony. Casements in architraves with
hoods in consoles, some pedimented. Above, casements or sashes with glazing bars
in architraves with hoods. Dentil cornice to part. No 163 has 4-bay return to
Sussex Place with Ionic porch. Iron basement railings. Sussex Gardens, known
originally as Grand Junction Road, formed an important feature of the original
layout of Bayswater.
The London Encyclopedia, C Hibbert and B Weinreb (eds), 1983, p.46 and 848.

Listing NGR: TQ2680681045

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26530582

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Recommended Books

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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings