48-52, LONG ACRE WC2

TQ 3081 SW CITY OF WESTMINSTER LONG ACRE, WC2 59/20 15.1.73 Nos 48 to 52 (consec)

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Terrace houses with shops. Early C19. Stock brick, Nos 50 to 52 painted, slate roofs. 4 storeys. Each front 2 windows wide, except for No 52 which has 3 windows. Ground floors have mid to later C19 warehouse fronts altered as shop fronts later C20: Nos 48 and 49 with double front with wooden pilasters carrying entablature; No 50 with square headed house doorway to left, with panelled door and fanlight, later C19 frame to shop front with consoles flanking fascia; Nos 51 and 52 with late C20 frontage of segmental arched openings and dwarf Ionic columns carrying fascia and bracketed cornice. Upper floors have recessed windows, majority retaining glazing bar sashes, a few with casements, under flat gauged arches. Parapet with coping. No 52 has cast iron balconettes to 2nd floor. Original lead rainwater heads and downpipes. Included for group interest only.

Listing NGR: TQ3031481042