Description

TQ 2880 SE CITY OF WESTMINSTER CURZON STREET W1
80/154 (South side)

26-5-81 No 55

GV II

Terrace house. Late C18/early C19 with alterations. Darkened brick,
stuccoed ground floor, slate roof. 4 storeys, basement and dormered
mansard. 2 windows wide. Doorway to left, semicircular arched with
pilastered jambs and fanlight; ground floor windows altered. Upper
floors have recessed glazing bar sashes under flat gauged brick arches.
1st floor stucco plat band and stucco band cornice to parapet with coping.
Cast iron balconettes to 1st floor. Cast iron area railings. Interior
has c. 1800 staircase with carved tread ends, square balusters, dado;
ground floor rooms retain cornices, moulded friezes, alcoves flanking chimney
breast. The rear room bow ended. The 1st floor was completely refurbished
c.1900 in Rococo style; walls, doors and ceiling with coved cornice all
decorated with raised border, shaped panels with flowers, fruit, ribbon
and musical trophies of varied design; cast iron chimney piece of same
period.

Listing NGR: TQ2880580331

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q27084645

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Recommended Books

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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (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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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey