Description

TQ 2881 SW CITY OF WESTMINSTER MANCHESTER SQUARE, W1
55/31 (west side)

Nos. 12 to 14 (consec)

G.V. II

Terraced town houses. c.1776-88, as part of the south west side of the
Duke of Manchester's development of the square on Portman Estate land.
Brown brick, No. 13 with stuccoed ground floor; concealed slate roof. 4
storeys and basement, No. 13 with 5th storey. Nos. 12 and 13 have 3-window
fronts, No. 14 a 4-window wide front. Square headed doorways to right,
approached by short flights of steps over areas. Panelled doors and
fanlights, Nos. 12 and 14 in wood architraves with half pilasters and
cornices. Recessed sashes, some with glazing bars, under flat gauged
arches. Stucco plat bands and cornices over 2nd floors: stone or stucco
coped parapets. Original, 1st floor, cast iron geometric patterned balcony
to No. 14. Cast iron area railings with flambé torch or urn finials. For
the corner house with Fitzhardinge Street see under No. 18 Fitzhardinge
Street, W1. No. 14 has L.C.C. plaque recording residence of Lord Milner.

Listing NGR: TQ2823581330

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q27081664

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Recommended Books

• 
  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)