12, Devonshire Street W1

TQ 2881 NE CITY OF WESTMINSTER DEVONSHIRE STREET, W1 45/3 (north side)

No. 12

G.V. II

Town house. 1912-14 by Sydney Tatchell. Portland stone, slate roof. strongly modelled "Dixhuitieme" French pavilion design. 2 main storeys and dormered mansard, on basement. 3 windows wide and set back entrance bay to right. Bolection moulded doorway is garland-lined with mask keystone, the elliptical fanlight above framed in architrave also with keystone. The tall ground floor windows, with recessed glazing bar casements and balustrading below sills, are set between prominent, panelled piers crowned with festoon-enriched vases at 1st floor level; cornice moulding over window heads, surmounted by panels and fret-ornamented bands finished off with low cast iron ornamental guards serving the 1st floor recessed casements. The 1st floor window over the doorway has similar iron guard and its corbelled sill is swagged. Dentil crowning cornice and balustraded parapet (solid over entrance bay) with panelled dies capped by stone vases. Corniced dormers. Cast iron area railings with Vitruvian scroll ornament running between stone piers. Part of an early C.20 attempt by the Portland Estate to restore the domestic character of this area which had become too professional.

Listing NGR: TQ2867981979