Description

TQ 2882 SE CITY OF WESTMINSTER PORTLAND PLACE,Wl 36/31; 45/4 (west side) No 75 G.V. II* Large terraced lst rate town house. 1776-c1780 by James Adam as a speculative development with his brothers and John Elwes on a Portland Estate lease. Stock brick with channelled stucco ground floor; slate roof. Astylar elevation. 4 storeys and dormered mansard, on basement. 3 windows wide. Semicircular arched doorway to left; double panelled door side lights and pannelled jambs with corniced doorhead under fanlight. Recessed sashes, under flat gauged arches to upper floors. Plat band over ground floor stuccowork; moulded stucco band over 1st floor and main dentil cornice over 2nd floor; attic cornice and blocking course. Cast iron geometric patterned balcony across 1st floor. Cast iron plumbed spike finialed area railings. Interior retains some good elements of original Adam decoration and stone geometrical staircase with wrought iron balustrades; etc.

Listing NGR: TQ2869782007

External Links

• Wikidata Q17550388

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)