45 And 46, Chandos Place Wc2

TQ 3080 NW CITY OF WESTMINSTER CHANDOS PLACE, WC2 72/123 Nos. 45 and 46

G.V. II

Terraced office premises built over covered way. c.1904, possibly by Frank Matcham as part of the Coliseum theatre development in St. Martin's Lane q.v. Painted terracotta, slate roof. Eclectic Flemish Renaissance. 4 storeys. 3 windows wide with coupled windows flanking central single window bay. Ground floor open as passageway flanked by pilasters supporting spring of depressed arch, all granite faced. Upper floors have mullioned-transomed casements with glazing bars of varied pattern to top lights, framed by half octagon shafts with capitals to each storey, ornate strapwork aprons; the windows are segmental arched on 2nd floor but flat arched to 1st and 3rd floors, the latter have shallow ogee moulding to lintels flanked by lesenes rising into shaped, strapwork-panelled gable with pediment capping.

Listing NGR: TQ3014380632