Description

TQ 2981 SW CITY OF WESTMINSTER MORTIMER STREET
(north side)

57/8 No. 93, including
No 43 Great
14.10.85 Portland Street)

II

Office block. C1906-10 by W. and E. Hunt. Portland stone faced, slate roof.
Bold neo-Grec design of early date for this style. 4 storeys, with ground
floor and 1st floor cum mezzanine as a podium, and basement. 5 bays wide.
Arcaded rusticated podium has entrance in central bay treated as an Ionic
columned aedicule- porch with pediment rising in front of mezzanine window
in tympanum of arch; shop windows flanking, with fret-ornamented band at
impost level and scrolls to key blocks of arcade. The architraved metal
casements of upper floors are framed by the giant Ionic order which rises
from the podium to a heavy dentilled entablature with wreaths over the columns
and antae with acroteria faced stops above, moulded bandcourse to 2nd floor
and enriched cornices to 2nd floor windows with open cartouche pediment to
central window. No 43 Great Portland Street with stone facade of similar
character but plainer.

Listing NGR: TQ2902181454

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q27083411

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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)