37 And 38, Hanover Square

A semi-detached pair of houses built around 1823, likely designed by James Piggott Pritchett for George Rawson. The houses were constructed of red brick with stone detailing and have a slate roof. They extend over three storeys with a basement, featuring six windows on the first floor. A grand, shallow portico, centrally located between the two houses, rises to paired entrance doors and is supported by two pairs of Tuscan columns. The portico has a heavy entablature, cornice, and blocking course. The windows are generally sash windows with glazing bars, with panelled aprons on the ground floor, a deep sill band to the first floor, and stone sills on the second. The building has a moulded eaves cornice and end stacks. Inside, both houses feature an entrance hall with a Moorish-tiled dado and elaborate plasterwork in a Moorish style. George Rawson also owned Denison Hall, and in 1823 Pritchett designed the layout of Hanover Square as part of Rawson’s plan to sell the grounds for residential development.