52 And 52A, Berkeley Square W1

TQ 2880 NE and TQ 2880 SE CITY OF WESTMINSTER BERKELEY SQUARE W1 69/27; 80/15 24.2.58 Nos 52 and 52A

GV II

Town house C.1750-70. Corner site with Charles Street. Blackened brick. Four storeys, basement and pedimented dormers in slate mansard. First floor brick plat band and stuccoed sill band. Three windows. Ground floor has wooden Ionic columned doorcase with pediment left and right of centre. Revealed sashes under flat gauged brick arches. Stone cornice at third floor level, parapet with coping. Return in Charles Street (No 52A) is of 3 storeys with 2 tiers of dormers in slated mansard. Two full height canted bays of 3 sashes each per floor and a 2 storey 2 window extension to left hand. Stone architrave doorcase with cornice on consoles, panelled door and patterned fanlight. Interior of No 52A has cut string stone staircase with delicate wrought iron work balustrade. Cast iron area railings with urn finials to both fronts, No 52 with wrought link extinguishers. Interior of No 52 has turned balusters staircase screened by Ionic columns on pedestals, taken up as pilaster rhythm round hall above the dado etc. Part of best surviving terrace of town houses in the square.

Listing NGR: TQ2878180501