31, Craven Street WC2

No. 31 Craven Street is a terraced town house built around 1730-31, which was largely rebuilt after fire damage in 1762 and features elements from around 1792. The building is constructed of brown brick with a channelled stucco ground floor and has a concealed slate roof. It stands four storeys tall, including a top floor added after the fire, and has a basement. The facade is three windows wide, with two additional windows in the attic. The doorway is located to the right and features a semicircular arch in a plain shallow surround, with a recessed panelled door set in a corner blocked architrave and a radial patterned fanlight above. The windows are recessed plate glass sashes under flat gauged arches. A plat band finishes the ground floor stuccowork, while a stone cornice caps the second floor, and there is a parapet with coping. Iron window guards are present on the first floor, and there are cast iron railings with spike finials. The interior has been altered but retains some later 18th-century mouldings and an open well with a slender turned baluster staircase. This house is part of the Craven family's development of their Brewhouse estate, which was laid out for them by Flitcroft.