33-35, THAYER STREET W1

THAYER STREET, W1 TQ 2881 NW 44/73 Nos 33-35 (consec) II GV - -- Three terraced houses. Nos$3 and$5, c1788, No34, c1792. Multi-coloured stock brick, No 35 rendered. 4 storeys and basements. 2 windows each. Originally residential, the houses entered retail use in the late 1830s and early 1840s. No 33 - Ground floor with C20 shopfront. Gauged brick flat arches to recessed sashes; some original glazing. Parapet. Interior has original stair with column newels and stick balusters (partly panelled in). Stairwell with plain panelling; original doorcases. 1st floor front room, original plain panelling, 6-panel doors, skirting board and cornice. 2nd floor front room, plain panelling to dado level, 4-panel doors,. corner fireplace containing a cast iron surround of c1830 with acanthus ornament. 3rd floor front rooms with prominent central beam with the valley of the roof rising up either side. No 34 - Ground floor with C20 shop and front. Gauged red brick flat arches to recessed sashes; some original glazing to 2nd floor. Parapet. Original staircase, as above, and form plan. Included for its group value. No 35 - Ground floor with mid C19 shopfront having elaborate and enriched console fascia brackets. Glazing and shop doorway altered but 6-panel house door with H hinges and rectangular overlight is original. Mid C19 stucco with keystones to flat arched sashes: 1st floor of 9 panes probably original. Parapet. Roof repaired late C20 with concrete tiles but retains some early chimney pots, one stamped "G Randall, Bagnigge Wells". Interior has panelled entrance passage terminating in an archway with moulded pilasters. Original features such as an arched niche on the southern wall just discernible on ground floor. Original stair with column newels and stick balusters. .Stairwell has plain panelling. 1st floor rear room with original cupboard above the corner fireplace with shelves and fastenings intact. Front room has original shutters, within having retained their original paint; later C19 fireplace with mirrored overmantle. Panelling to wc at half landing. 2nd floor rear room has panelling to dado level and corner fireplace with original cupboard recess and shelves above. Front room with good corner cupboard of some age with dentil cornice and scrolled shelves behind a glass door; fireplace c1840 with curved cast iron surround. Third floor similar to No 33.

Listing NGR: TQ2836881502