9-11, NUTFORD PLACE W1

This is a pair of terraced houses, built around 1900. They are located in Nutford Place, Westminster. The houses are constructed of brown brick, with some repairs in stock brick, and have a slate roof with a central transverse gulley. They are four storeys high, with a basement, and have two bays, although the ground floor has three bays. The recessed entrance is on the right side and is sheltered by a simple brick semicircular arch with rondels at the angles; there is a fanlight above the door. The door itself consists of two flush lower panels with reeded margins and corner rondels, a central horizontal panel, and fielded upper panels. The ground floor windows are flat-arched sashes with original glazing bars, while the windows above are horned sashes with thinner glazing bars. Cast iron window guards, with a slightly Gothic design, are attached to the exterior, together with spearhead railings.

A single-storey brick outbuilding with a pantile roof and a timber partition is attached to the rear; a copper detail is set into the angle where it meets the main house. A former rear extension has been removed.

The interior exhibits a remarkable survival of original fittings and joinery. The hall has a rosette cornice, and a staircase with stick balusters, turned newels, and a mahogany rail, with a reeded string except for the upper floor and basement. Doorways on the ground and first floors have moulded architraves with rondels at the angles, and are fitted with six-panel doors. The front and rear rooms on the ground floor are linked by a pair of panelled doors in plain architraves. Matching full-height window architraves with fielded panels are found beneath the windows, and at the front, reeded shutters are present. A dado rail is also a feature. Moulded cornices are common to both front and rear rooms. Fireplaces with marble surrounds matching the door architraves are found in both the front and rear rooms, although later or covered grates are now in place. The front and rear rooms on the first floor are similarly linked by a pair of doors in architraves, with matching window architraves, and tapering moulding on the front fireplace. Front window shutters are panelled like the doors, and the rear window has fielded panels below. A cornice of running foliate design is present in both rooms, although it has been repaired in places. The second floor also has fireplaces, some partly covered, with what are likely original rear grates. Flanking cupboards are also present. The upper floor includes four-panel doors, one of which was formerly glazed in the upper panels. The basement rear room has a basket grate with reeded flanks, possibly originally from the upper floor.