Description

TQ 2880 NE CITY OF WESTMINSTER GRAFTON STREET Wl 69/71 Nos 3 to 6 (consecutive) 24.2.58 including No 10 Bruton GV Lane I Exceptional group of very large terraced houses. c.1760-72 by Sir Robert Taylor. Brown brick, some painted, slate roofs. Four tall storeys and basements, 4, 4, 3 and 5 windows widely spaced and with high piano nobile. Main stone cornice over second floor, cornice and blocking course to parapet. Plat band and sill band to first floor. Revealed glazing bar sashes, flat gauged arches. First floor wrought iron balconies. Unusually massive Tuscan column stone doorways with pediments. Wrought iron area railings with lamp standards to Nos 3 and 5. Very fine interiors characterised by spacious staircases in apsed top lit wells, set to rear behind column screens. No 6 has tunnel vaulted entrance hall and staircase at right angles. The grand staircase of No 3 a c.1904 alteration for Mr Arthur James. All interiors retain fine plasterwork ceilings with inset paintings etc. No 4 was Lord Brougham's from 1840-68. Georgian London; J Summerso London Vol I, N Pevsner

Listing NGR: TQ2891180604

External Links

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Recommended Books

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)