Description

TQ 2880 NE CITY OF WESTMINSTER MOUNT STREET W1
69/125 (south side)

No 114 (Vestry and
Presbytery)
GV
II

Vestry hall and Presbytery. 1886-88 by A E Purdie. Dark red machined brick and lavish
dark red terracotta dressings; slate roofs. Two main storeys over basement to vestry
hall and chapel block facing Mount Street. Three major bays defined by thin projecting
piers, each bay containing pairs of mullioned and double transomed leaded casements
under flat arches to both main floors; sunk panel aprons, moulded sill bands and string
courses. Cornice breaking forward over piers. Over each bay a gabled lucarne with
flanking scrolls. West elevation: the 2 storey block is expressed as a single major
gabled bay with same details. Its continuation, the Presbytery within the same overall
height has 4 storeys and 7 bays. The 4 bays to right with open arcade on ground
floor. Mullioned-transomed leaded casements. Moulded string and sill courses and
cornice as before with each bay surmounted by a lucarne dormer. Prominent ribbed
chimney stacks. Gothicised iron railings to wide basement area and to entrance steps
into arcade. Included for group interest as part of the 1880s -90s rebuilding of
Mount Street for the Grosvenor Estate.

Listing NGR: TQ2854580621

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q27083400

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Recommended Books

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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  For the Record
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair