Description

TQ 2880 NW CITY OF WESTMINSTER SOUTH AUDLEY
68/71 STREET, W1
Nos.34 to 42
consec.
(Including Nos.
27-28 and 41 to
43 consec Mount
Street)
G.V. II
Corner block of houses, shops and public house. 1888-89 by
Thomas Verity. Banded red brick and pink terracotta, slate roofs.
Franco-Flemish and Jacobethan details. 4 main storeys, basement and
gabled or dormered attics; part of Mount Street elevation of 3 main
storeys only. Almost symmetrical composition 5 major bays wide to
South Audley Street, outer bays slightly advanced above ground floor,
oriel corner turret with copper dome, asymmetrical but similar return
of 4 bays to Mount Street with pair of gables to Nos. 27-28. Shop
fronts set in segmental arched openings, they and the doorways flanked
by enriched pilasters carrying an entablature surmounted by an iron
balustrade across both elevations. Upper floors have through storey
canted or flat fronted oriels with mullioned transomed lights, and
brick pilaster strips between the window bays. Terracotta cornices
and sill bands to each floor, the facades crowned by cornice and
parapet above which rise the elaborate Franco-Flemish gables.
Prominent chimney stacks.
Survey of London; Vol. XL.

Listing NGR: TQ2837780598

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q27083039

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)