12, St James'S Square Sw1

TQ 2980 SW CITY OF WESMINSTER ST. JAMES'S SQUARE SW1 81/97 5.2.70 No 12 GV II Terraced town house. 1836,attributed to Thomas Cubitt. Stuccoed brick with slate roof; Italianate facade. 4 storeys, basement and attic. Broad large scale front. 3 windows wide. Rusticated arcaded ground floor with Doric columned porch to right, semicircular arched ground floor windows with rustication struck to arches. Upper floor windows have architraves, those on 1st floor with consoled dentil pediments, the 3rd floor windows set between the console brackets supporting the boldly modelled cornice with blocking course; chamfered quoins to upper floors; entablature of porch carried across ground floor with scrolled console brackets supporting balustraded balcony; guilloche moulded plat band to 2nd floor. Cast iron area railings. Interior has Grecian detailing, best preserved in staircase,overlaid with Rococo later C19 decor in grand manner . Top lit enfilade of ground floor rooms beyond staircase hall, fine reset mid C18 chimney piece . Survey of London; vol XXIX

Listing NGR: TQ2941680406