Description

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TQ 2981 SW
57/18

CITY OF WESTMINSTER
REGENT STREET, Wl (east Side)
Nos. 288 to 300 (even) (Walmar House).

(Including No. 15 Great Castle Street)

22.11.73

GV
II

Block of offices and shops between Great Castle Street and Margaret Street. c.1915 by C.T. Armstrong, completed c.1920 by W.J. Fryer. Portland ashlar facing, slate roof. Sub Beaux Arts. Four storeys, attic storey and two tiers of dormers in steep mansard. Five major bays wide, each of three windows and slightly recessed ends of one and two windows, splayed corners and six window returns.

Ground floor shop windows and doorways altered, articulated by tall engaged Roman Doric columns carrying modified entablature. Upper floors have recessed metal casement windows, the central first floor window of each major bay flanked by engaged Doric columns carrying continuous entablature and alternating triangular and segmental pediments. Fluted plat band at second floor level, modified Greek Doric main cornice; centrepiece surmounted by three light dormers. Roof has bronze edge castings. Cast iron balconies to second floor windows.

Listing NGR: TQ2902581323

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q27083125

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)