6, Sansome Place

This is a house, dating from the 1760s, and later altered, now used as a hostel. It is constructed of pinkish-brown brick in a Flemish bond pattern, with stucco quoins and window arches. The roof is hidden, and there are two brick stacks at the right end. A cast-iron balcony is present.

The house was originally planned with a double depth, featuring a hall to the right and a staircase positioned between the front and rear rooms.

The exterior is three storeys high, with two windows on the first floor. The quoins extend to the full height of the building. The first floor has French windows and a continuous balcony with a scroll motif. The second floor has 2/2 sash windows, and the ground floor has a 2/1 sash window. All windows are set in plain reveals with sills and channelled flat arches. The entrance door, to the right, is a six-panel door with flush beaded lower panels and raised and fielded upper panels, over an overlight with glazing bars, set within a pilastered doorcase with a frieze.

Inside, the narrow openwell staircase has turned balusters and a wreathed handrail.

The house appears on Young’s Map of 1779. It forms a group with numbers 1 and 2, 3, and 7-11 Sansome Place.