Description

OLD BOND STRER2, W1
TQ 2980 MW
70/201 (east side)
Nos 23 and 23A
GV II
House, now shops and offices. Early C18, refronted c.1840. Flemish bond brick;
slate mansard roof rebuilt to rear; brick end stack. Double-depth plan . 4 storeys;
3 window range. C20 shop front to left of stone Edwardian doorcase, with Tuscan
half columns to plain entablature and egg and dart cornice. First floor French
windows, second floor plate glass sashes and third floor C20 windows are set in
mid C19 stucco architraves, which have bracketed cornices and central pediment
to first floor and cornices and bracketed cills to second floor; late C19
balcony railings; moulded stucco cornice. Interior: early C18 open-well staircase
from first floor, with square newels, moulded handrail and elaborately turned
balusters set on open string. Rear room of ground floor has early C18 enriched
plaster cornices to ceiling. Early C18 moulded skirting to stair hall (which has
late C19 bolection-moulded panels to lower stage) and to second floor room on
right which has enriched plaster cornice, panelled dado, panelled doors set in
moulded architraves and C18 fireplace.

Listing NGR: TQ2909580583

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q27083001

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Recommended Books

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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)