Mansion House is a Grade I listed building in the City of London local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 January 1950. Public building. 11 related planning applications.
Mansion House
- WRENN ID
- far-finial-azure
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- City of London
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 January 1950
- Type
- Public building
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
TQ 3281 SE 10/259
MANSION HOUSE STREET EC2 (south side) Mansion House
4.1.50
GV I 1739 to 1753, by Dance the Elder. Monumental, classical building with rusticated ground storey and order of Corinthian columns and pilasters through two main storeys plus attic above entablature. Altered roof storey behind crowning balustrade/parapet. Narrow north front has eight-columned portico with richly carved tympanum to pediment. Balustraded steps at either side (altered in C19). Long returns to east and west relatively plain but for pilastered end pavilions with large, round-arched windows above Venetian openings. Small Doric portico to west at ground floor level, now main entrance. South elevation entirely plain of yellow brick above ground storey. Numerous iron escape staircases. Ground floor windows have decorative C19 iron grilles.
Interior has been altered, especially roofing of courtyard, but retains much of its exceptionally rich original decoration. Two staircases, two largest rooms are ballroom to north, and Egyptian hall to south rising through whole height of building. Much C19 sculpture.
Listing NGR: TQ3266481066
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