75, Portland Place W1

This is a large, first-rate terraced town house located at 75 Portland Place. It was built between 1776 and circa 1780 by James Adam, in partnership with his brothers and John Elwes, as part of a speculative development on a Portland Estate lease. The house is constructed of stock brick with a channelled stucco ground floor, and has a slate roof. It presents a plain, unadorned elevation with four storeys and a dormered mansard, above a basement level. It is three windows wide. A semicircular arched doorway is situated on the left-hand side, leading to a double-panelled door flanked by side lights and panelled jambs, surmounted by a corniced doorhead and a fanlight. The upper floors feature recessed sash windows set beneath flat, gauged arches. A plat band features above the stucco ground floor, a moulded stucco band lies above the first floor, and there's a main dentil cornice above the second floor, with an attic cornice and blocking course completing the facade. A cast iron balcony with a geometric pattern runs across the first floor. Cast iron area railings are present, with a finialed spike. The interior retains original Adam decoration, including a stone geometrical staircase with wrought iron balustrades.