31 And 32, King Street Wc2

3080 NW CITY OF WESTMINSTER KING STREET, WC2 72/30 15.1.73 Nos. 31 and 32 G.V. II Pair of terrace houses. c.1707 (No. 31 rebuilt after fire in 1713), refaced c.1860 by Nelson and Innes with the Duke of Bedford's Surveyor Charles Parker as consultant. Stucco, slate roof. Eclectic Italianate detailing. 4 storeys. Each 3 windows wide. Ground floor with mid C.20 frontages. Upper floors have architraved sashes, those on 1st and 2nd floors with bracketed cornices on consoles. Channelled quoin pilasters, sill courses, frieze and moulded cornice carried on consoles capping, the quoin pilasters, parapet. Interiors retain early C.18 features with closed string dog leg staircase to No. 32 with 2 twisted balusters per tread and stout baluster turned newels, moulded handrail, elements of panelling and box cornices, No. 31 with small simply panelled closets to 1st and 2nd floors with angle fireplaces. No. 31 has associations with the composer Dr. Thomas Arne. Survey of London; Vol. XXXVI.

Listing NGR: TQ3021280850