Description

TQQ 2881 NE CITY OF WESTMINSTER HARLEY STREET , Wl
45/15 (West side)
10.9.54 No. 115
G.V. II*
Terraced town house. c.1777, Portland Estate development, probably by
John White in partnership with the plasterer Thomas Collins (associates
of Sir William Chambers). Stock brick with channelled stucco ground
floor, slate roof. 4 storeys, basement and dormered mansard. 3 windows
wide. Broad semicircular arched doorway to left in Coade stone
vermiculated surround with head keystone; panelled door side lights with
entablatures, recessed doorhead, under fanlight, as Venetian window
composition. Recessed sashes, under flat gauged arches to upper floors;
1st floor plat band. Parapet with coping. Cast iron c.1840 bombé
balcony across 1st floor. Cast iron area railings with plumbed spike
finials. Fine interior typical of these 1st rate 1770s Harley Street
speculative houses, elaborated above the norm; arched hallway and top lit
stone geometrical staircase with lyre-scroll wrought iron balustrade,
swag ornamented skylight drum; plasterwork friezes and ceilings with
flute and patera and wreath and garland motifs; stucco mythological
relief medallions, a la Chambers, framed by garlands, over principal
inlaid statuary marble chimneypieces; enriched shutter panels; mahogany
doors; etc.

Listing NGR: TQ2856181912

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• 115 Harley Street at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q17550508

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Recommended Books

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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)