Description

TQ 3080 NE CITY OF WESTMINSTER STRAND, WC2
73/38
1.5.86 Nos 356 to 359 (consec)
G.V. II
Symmetrical terrace of houses with shops. c1830-32 as part of the West Strand
Improvements planned by Nash, probably executed by William Herbert. Stucco,
slate roofs. Graeco-Roman features. 3 storeys, attic storey and dormered
mansards. Centre pair of houses each 3 windows wide, Nos 356 and 359 each of
one tripartite window wide and treated as terminal pavilions. No 359 with
4-window return to Burleigh Street. Ground floor shop fronts altered mid C20.
The centre pair of houses have architraved glazing bar sashes to 1st (full
length) and 2nd floors with modillion cornice over 2nd floor and architraved
sashes to attic storey which is finished off with cornice and blocking course.
The terminal pavilions have architraved tripartite windows with stucco
dividers, those on 1st floor pedimented. The modillion main cornice and attic
cornice are broken forward over No 359 and returned but No 356 has additional
feature of giant Corinthian pilaster order framing 1st and 2nd floors and
supporting entablature. Similar details to return front of No 359 but with the
1st and 2nd floor windows of corner pavilion set in through-storey panel.
John Nash; John Summerson.
Georgian London; John Summerson.

Listing NGR: TQ3054680815

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q27083014

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Recommended Books

• 
  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets