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39-47, South Street W1

A Grade II Listed Building in City of Westminster, London

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.5088 / 51°30'31"N

Longitude: -0.1505 / 0°9'1"W

OS Eastings: 528451

OS Northings: 180492

OS Grid: TQ284804

Mapcode National: GBR BF.DB

Mapcode Global: VHGQZ.BBTQ

Plus Code: 9C3XGR5X+GR

Entry Name: 39-47, South Street W1

Listing Date: 5 February 1970

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1264643

English Heritage Legacy ID: 427337

ID on this website: 101264643

Location: Mayfair, Westminster, London, W1K

County: London

District: City of Westminster

Electoral Ward/Division: West End

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: City of Westminster

Traditional County: Middlesex

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London

Church of England Parish: St George, Hanover Square

Church of England Diocese: London

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Description


TQ 2880 SW and NW CITY OF WESTMINSTER SOUTH STREET, Wl 68/91 ;79/7 (North side) Nos.39 to 47(odd) 5.2.70 G.V. II Terraced houses. 1896-98 by J.J. Stevenson. Red brick with plenty of stone dressings and Westmorland slate roofs. The terrace is treated on the entrance front as if it were of 2 semi-detached pairs and a detached house due to the deep recessions giving light to the staircases whilst in plan the main rooms face St George's Gardens with a more restrained unified elevation. The fronts are a freely eclectic composition of Franco-Flemish and Jacobethan Queen Anne richly modelled, 3 storeys and basement with 2 tiers of dormers in steeply pitched pavilion roofs. 2 to 3 window wide fronts plus recesses. Nos. 39-41 and 43-45 have paired arched recessed porches to centre whilst No. 47 has similar doorway to right. Mullioned and transomed leaded casements in line with doorways and 4 storey stone mullioned oriels finished off with leaded turret roofs. The houses are linked at ground floor level and there is a stone semi-domed bay window to side of No.39. Pedimented dormers to 1st attic storey. Prominent party wall chimney stacks. Stone balconies to 1st floor. Wrought ironwork weathervanes to turrets. Ornate area railings and ball finialed brick piers. Rear elevation subdued Queen Anne with Venetian and bay windows and 1st floor balustraded balcony. Survey of London; Vol. XL.

Listing NGR: TQ2845180492

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