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43, Parliament Street SW1

A Grade II* Listed Building in City of Westminster, London

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Latitude: 51.5016 / 51°30'5"N

Longitude: -0.1258 / 0°7'32"W

OS Eastings: 530185

OS Northings: 179736

OS Grid: TQ301797

Mapcode National: GBR HH.XX

Mapcode Global: VHGQZ.RJW7

Plus Code: 9C3XGV2F+JM

Entry Name: 43, Parliament Street SW1

Listing Date: 5 February 1970

Grade: II*

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1265867

English Heritage Legacy ID: 423722

ID on this website: 101265867

Location: Westminster, London, SW1A

County: London

District: City of Westminster

Electoral Ward/Division: St James's

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: City of Westminster

Traditional County: Middlesex

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London

Church of England Parish: St Martin-in-the-Fields

Church of England Diocese: London

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Description


TQ 3079 NW CITY OF WESTMINSTER PARLIAMENT STREET, SW1
92/29 (east side)
5.2.70 No 43
G.V. II*
Terraced town house. c1753. Grey stock brick, slate roof. 3 storeys, basement and
dormered mansard. 3 windows wide. Entrance to right with panelled door and fanlight
recessed in wooden doorcase of three-quarter Doric columns, dosserets and open
bracketed pediment, the Doric capitals returned in as architrave doorhead and
acting as imposts to archivolt with keystone. Recessed sashes under gauged flat
arches. Plat band and sill band compose 1st floor pseudo-pedestal. Stone cyma
recta modillion cornice and blocking course. Late C19 cast iron area railings.
Good interior with cut string staircase with rare Chinese Chippendale fretwork
balustrade, moulded cornices, doorcases and shutters and main rooms with fine
statuary marble chimneypieces probably by Sir Henry Cheere, etc. With No 44
(q.v.) the only surviving terrace house of the original Parliament Street
opened in 1749-50.
Survey of London: Vol X


Listing NGR: TQ3018579736

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