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13-21, Meard Street W1

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

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.5131 / 51°30'47"N

Longitude: -0.1333 / 0°7'59"W

OS Eastings: 529632

OS Northings: 181006

OS Grid: TQ296810

Mapcode National: GBR GC.7R

Mapcode Global: VHGQZ.M7XD

Plus Code: 9C3XGV78+6M

Entry Name: 13-21, Meard Street W1

Listing Date: 24 February 1958

Grade: II*

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1267631

English Heritage Legacy ID: 418108

ID on this website: 101267631

Location: Soho, Westminster, London, W1F

County: London

District: City of Westminster

Electoral Ward/Division: West End

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: City of Westminster

Traditional County: Middlesex

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London

Church of England Parish: St Anne Soho

Church of England Diocese: London

Tagged with: Terrace of houses

Description


TQ 2981 SE CITY OF WESTMINSTER MEARD STREET, W1 58/74; 71/7 (South Side)

Nos. 13 to 21 (odd) 24.2.58 GV II*

Uniform terrace houses. 1732 by John Meard. Stock brick with red brick dressings, slate roofs. 3 storeys, basements and dormered mansards. Each front 3 windows wide. Doorways to left with wooden Doric pilasters supporting entablature with cornice, framing architraved 6-panel doors and rectangular fanlights. No. 21, without fanlight and with 8-panel door, no doubt the original pattern; plain mid C19 shop front inserted to ground floor of No. 13. Flush framed sashes with later C19 glazing in red brick dressings under flat gauged red brick arches except for rebuilt 2nd floor of No. 15 where there are segmental arches. Parapets with stone copings but that of No. 17 lowered and finished off with cornice. Wrought iron area railings with poppy-head finials. Interiors fully panelled with closet wings, passage-halls and dog leg staircases; Doric pilastered openings from passage to stairs which have cut and bracket-shaped strings and Doric column turned balusters and newels, box cornices etc. Part of the first phase of Meard Street, contemporary with No. 48 to 58 Broadwick Street.

Survey of London; Vol. XXXIII.

Listing NGR: TQ2963981009

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