47, Connaught Square W2

No. 47 is a terrace house located on the southeast corner of Connaught Square and Stanhope Place, built around 1828-1830, likely by George Gutch. The house features brown brick with a channelled stucco ground floor and a concealed slate roof. It has four storeys and a basement, with two windows facing Stanhope Place and a five-window north front towards the square and Seymour Street. The entrance is on the north front, featuring a semicircular arched doorway with inset Greek Doric columns, a panelled door, and a fanlight. The upper floors have recessed glazing bar sashes, some of which are blind on the north front, all set under flat gauged red brick arches. There is a stucco plat band above the ground floor and at the third-floor level, along with a crowning cornice and blocking course. A Gothic patterned cast iron balcony adorns the first floor, and the area is enclosed by cast iron railings with spear heads and urn finials. Connaught Square is the earliest part of the Tyburnia development, which was planned in 1827 by S.P. Cockerell for the Bishop of London's Estate, although it was laid out to a modified plan by Cockerell's successor, George Gutch.