Description

In the entry for
TQ 2880 SW STANHOPE GATE, Wl
79/46 No 5
II GV
The description shall be amended to read.
Terraced two house. c.1760, refaced and heightened in c.1900-10. Portland stone,
slate roof. Louis XV-Louis XVI details. 4 storeys, basement and dormered mansard.
4 windows wide. Entrance in 2nd bay from right and portico-porch of coupled Ionic
columns. Channelled ground floor with recessed glazing bar sashes, the channelling
struck to flat arches. The main 1st and 2nd floors have recessed sashes, those
on 1st floor with cornices on consoles, articulated by giant order of fluted
Ionic pilasters with wreathed capitals in the transitional Louis XV-Louis XVI
manner, supporting deep entablature with modillion cornice over 2nd floor. Attic
storey, with windows set in shallow panels, has cornice and blocking course. Cast
iron balcony across 1st floor. Cast iron area railings. L.C.C. plaque
commemorates residence of FitzRoy Somerset, Lord Raglan (the Crimean War
C. in C.). Rebuilt behind facade in 1969-71, and in 1986/7.

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TQ 2880 SW CITY OF WESTMINSTER STANHOPE GATE, Wl
79/46
No. 5
G.V. II
Terraced town house. c.1760, refaced and heightened inc.1900-10.
Portland stone, slate roof. Louis XV-Louis XVI details. 4 storeys,
basement and dormered mansard. 4 windows wide. Entrance in 2nd bay
from right with portico-porch of coupled Ionic columns. Channelled
ground floor with recessed glazing bar sashes, the channelling struck
to flat arches. The main 1st and 2nd floors have recessed sashes,
those on 1st floor with cornices on consoles, articulated by giant
order of fluted Ionic pilasters with wreathed capitals in the
transitional Louis XV-Louis XVI manner, supporting deep entablature
with modillion cornice over 2nd floor. Attic storey, with windows set
in shallow panels, has cornice and blocking course. Cast iron balcony
across 1st floor. Cast iron area railings. L.C.C. plaque
commemorates residence of FitzRoy Somerset, Lord Raglan (the Crimean
War C. in C.).

Listing NGR: TQ2839580231

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q27081577

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