Description

TQ 3080 NE CITY OF WESTMINSTER STRAND, WC2
73/34
1.5.86 No 355
G.V. II
Chambers and shops. c1850 refacing, possibly by Charles Gray, of C18 house.
Stuccoed, slate roof. Venetian Gothic details. 4 storeys and dormered mansard.
3 windows wide. Ground floor altered by mid C20 shop front. 1st floor has
slightly advanced almost full width 5 bay colonetted arcade with drip moulds on
carved stops and incised roses to spandrels, dog tooth string to applied
parapet over. 2nd floor recessed sashes (the original window openings prior to
refacing) have superimposed blind arched heads with enriched drip moulds and
panelled tympana. Plain 3rd floor sashes but with incised ornament to lintels
under elaborate false machicolacion with quatrefoil pierced parapet above and
flanking corbelled pinnacle-dies. Included for early use of Venetian Gothic
details and group interest.

Listing NGR: TQ3056580820

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Burleigh House at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q23304804

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Recommended Books

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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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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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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)