Harrington House

TQ 3080 SW CITY OF WESTMINSTER CRAIG'S COURT, SW1 83/48 9.1.70 Harrington House II* G.V.

Town mansion. c1692 with attic heightening in 1950s and interior alterations. Brown brick, stone dressings and red brick window dressings, slate roof. 3 storeys, basement and dormered mansard. 7 windows wide with 3 central bays advanced and stone quoined, plus a half-window bay to left. Central Ionic columned entrance porch, probably added c1720, with balustrade above to enriched central 1st floor window. Flush framed glazing bar sashes under flat red brick gauged arches, those in centre bay with stone architraves. Stone plat bands between storeys and stone block bracketed cornice with balustraded parapet. Interior altered but retains some of cornices, panelling etc,and in particular a fine open well, cut string staircase of c1720 with carved bracket tread ends and 3 slender twisted balusters per tread, ramped handrail swept to curtail, columnar newels. This is only remaining part of the original group of houses in Craig's Court, laid out c1695.

R C H M Survey of London: Vol XXI

Listing NGR: TQ3012480317