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Latitude: 51.513 / 51°30'46"N
Longitude: -0.0895 / 0°5'22"W
OS Eastings: 532669
OS Northings: 181070
OS Grid: TQ326810
Mapcode National: GBR SC.1T
Mapcode Global: VHGR0.D7JH
Plus Code: 9C3XGW76+55
Entry Name: Mansion House
Listing Date: 4 January 1950
Grade: I
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1064604
English Heritage Legacy ID: 199614
Also known as: Mansion House, London
ID on this website: 101064604
Location: City of London, London, EC4N
County: London
District: City and County of the City of London
Electoral Ward/Division: Walbrook
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: City of London
Traditional County: Middlesex
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): City of London
Church of England Parish: St Stephen Walbrook
Church of England Diocese: London
Tagged with: Palladian architecture Georgian architecture Mansion Historic house museum
TQ 3281 SE
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MANSION HOUSE STREET EC2 (south side)
Mansion House
4.1.50
GV
I
1739 to 1753, by Dance the Elder. Monumental, classical building with rusticated ground storey and order of Corinthian columns and pilasters through two main storeys plus attic above entablature. Altered roof storey behind crowning balustrade/parapet. Narrow north front has eight-columned portico with richly carved tympanum to pediment. Balustraded steps at either side (altered in C19). Long returns to east and west relatively plain but for pilastered end pavilions with large, round-arched windows above Venetian openings. Small Doric portico to west at ground floor level, now main entrance. South elevation entirely plain of yellow brick above ground storey. Numerous iron escape staircases. Ground floor windows have decorative C19 iron grilles.
Interior has been altered, especially roofing of courtyard, but retains much of its exceptionally rich original decoration. Two staircases, two largest rooms are ballroom to north, and Egyptian hall to south rising through whole height of building. Much C19 sculpture.
Listing NGR: TQ3266481066
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