Description

TQ 2979 NE CITY OF WESTMINSTER OLD QUEEN STREET, SW1
91/26 (south side)
5.2.70 Nos 9 and 11
G.V. II
Pair of terraced town houses. c1690-1700, the small shop windows inserted in
mid C19 Neo-Georgianised when the ground floors were "restored" in the late
1970s. Brown brick, tiled roofs. 3 storeys and dormered attics. Each 3 windows
wide. Ground floors have restored doorways to right with panelled doors in wood
doorcases with shaped brackets to cornice-hoods; neo-Georgian shop windows to
left. Upper floors: nearly flush framed sash windows, with red brick dressings,
under flat gauged red brick arches. Brick plat bands over 1st floor and below
parapet with coping. Rear elevations unaltered and gabled with 3-storey closet
wings. Interiors: No 9 retains dog leg cut string staircase with twisted
balusters and No 11 retains similar staircase and panelling to 1st floor,
stairwell and to passage hall etc. Rare instance of houses of this date not
being subsequently heightened.
Survey of London;Vol X

Listing NGR: TQ2987679633

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q27083309

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