Description

OLD COMPTON STREET
TQ 2981 SE
58/103
No 2
II
GV
Corner site with Charing Cross Road. House, now public house with accommodation
above. Late C17/early C18 with later alterations. Rendered brick, tiled
mansard roof. 3 1/2 storeys. Ground floor: 3 bays, with entrance to Charing
Cross Road and pair of small paned sashes. Old Compton Street elevation has
pair of small paned sashes and blank recessed panel. Upper floors: 2 bays to
Old Compton Street, one to Charing Cross Road. First floor recessed sashes,
upper floor casements beneath fixed light, rendered Cills. Window forms suggest
early, tall proportions retained. Single full dormer to each front. Party wall
stacks. Interior: Above ground floor retains original plan form. Open-well
staircase with moulded closed string, some original turned balusters, moulded
rail, newels comprising column with square base and knob, finials removed.
Plain panelling with deeply moulded box cornicing. Rare survival of early
house representing the earliest phase of Soho's development (q.v.) Nos 4, 5, 6
Old Compton Street and 101 Charing Cross Road.

Listing NGR: TQ2987781096

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q27082196

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Recommended Books

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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)