Description

UPPER BROOK STREET
TW 2880 NW
68/106 No 26 and attached
railings
II GV
Terraced town house, now offices. c1908/9 by Arnold Mitchell for J Monro Coats.
Portland stone ashlar. Green Tilberthwaite slate roof steep stone pediment encasing
attic dormers. Four storeys, attic and basement. Two windows. Doric portico
supporting 'cast iron balcony to first floor window; double part-glazed doors.
Canted bay of transom and-mullion windows rising from ground to second floor, with
projecting cornice surmounted by a stone balustrade to fourth floor windows. Sashes
above entrance 2-pane with stone transoms and aprons enriched with festoons and
guttae; similar enrichment to second floor bay windows. Projecting modillion
cornice. Pediment with two 2-light attic windows surmounted by a cartouche; carved
stone enrichment at base angles. Lead rainwater heads and pipes to angle to the
house. Attached cast iron railings to areas. Grand interior, especially to ground
'and first floors. Features include Neo-Adam entrance. hall paved in green and white
marble tiles; stair with bellying out cast iron balusters and mahogany hand rail,
lit by an oval lantern at third floor level. Ground floor front room Neo-Adamstyle
with chimney piece (probably reproduction) and elaborate mahogany doors. Rear
dining room oak panelled to high level, mostly re-used antique panelling; fireplace
blocked but with carved oak overmantle. Very fine plasterwork frieze and ceiling in
Ernest Gimson manner, probably by George Bankart and executed by the Bromsgrqve
Guild; entwined roses and other foliage with small animals and birds. Long domed
and panelled passage leading to rear room (library?) with similar very fine but more
complex plasterwork frieze and ceiling; panelling to nearly full height and good
carved'overmantle. Neo-Rococo first floor drawing rooms with good panelling and
plasterwork; front room with Ionic screen; marble fireplace. Back room with thicker
C17 style plasterwork in coved cornice area. Good quality mahogany and walnut doors
throughout with elaborate cases. Second floor includes good marble fireplace. . A
good.example of the arrangement and style of the grander Edwardian town house.

Listing NGR: TQ2801980762

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q27082213

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