100, 101 AND 102, GREAT RUSSELL STREET

These are three terraced houses located at 100, 101, and 102 Great Russell Street, built around 1685-1686. They were constructed on the site of Thanet House and may include parts of its original structure. The houses were built by P Trant and were refaced in 1821 by Thomas Cubitt, with further alterations likely made in 1861. The exterior is finished in stucco with a rusticated ground floor featuring vermiculated detailing. The buildings rise four storeys and include basements, with two windows on each floor.

Architectural features include pilaster strips running through the floors, and the ground and first floors are rusticated. The sash windows are architraved, and the first and second floors have pulvinated friezes and cornices. A double band is present at the second floor level, and pilasters support an entablature with a shaped bracketed cornice and a pulvinated frieze, topped with a blocking course.

At No. 100, there are four semicircular openings on the ground floor, along with a doorway that has a fanlight and a panelled door. Nos. 101 and 102 feature square-headed doorways with pilaster jambs that support a cornice-head and fanlight, leading to panelled double doors. The interiors have not been inspected.

Historically, No. 100 has a bronze plaque commemorating Topham and Lady Beauclerk, who resided at Thanet House from 1779.