Description

TQ 2881 NW CITY OF WESTMINSTER WEYMOUTH STREET, Wl
44/27 (North side)
No 34
G.V. II
Town "villa". 1908 by F M Elgood. Red brick and Portland stone, slate roof.
Vigorously detailed Free Style "Queen Anne". 2 storeys and dormered mansard on
basement. 4 windows wide, the outer bays being canted with shaped gables above.
Entrance left of centre with boldly consoled and cornice hooded doorway.
Mullioned and transomed windows with leaded lights, those in ashlar canted bays
with segmental label mouldings. Garlanded round windows in heavily swagged
shaped gables and segmental headed 4 light attic window over centre above
eaves. The canted bay parapets are finished off with ball finials and the
shaped gables have heavily moulded copings. Cast iron area railings with
scrollwork and urn finials. Part of an early C20 attempt by the Portland
(Howard de Walden) Estate to restore the domestic residential character of an
area deemed too professional. Included for group value only.

Listing NGR: TQ2847381786

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q27084860

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Recommended Books

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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)