45 And 46, Berkeley Square W1

TQ 2880 NE CITY OF WESTMINSTER BERKELEY SQUARE W1 69/22 (west side) 24.2.58 Nos 45 and 46 GV I

Town houses. C.1744-50 very fine pair of ashlar faced houses. No 45 by Henry Flitcroft and No 46 attributed to him. No 45 of taller proportions with 4 storeys basement and dormers in slated mansard attic. No 46 of 3 storeys, basement and pedimented dormers. Both 4 windows wide. Rusticated ground floors with doorways in Gibbs surrounds. Glazing bar sash windows in architraves surrounds, those on first floor with pulvinated friezes and pediments and stone baluster balconies; bracketed cornices and parapets. Wrought iron urn-finialed railings and overthrows with link extinguishers and lamp holders. Both houses have fine interiors with contemporary plasterwork and chimneypieces. Very good ironwork to stone staircase of No 46. No 45 has Ionic columned hall leading to staircase overlooked by second floor gallery and top lit; the first floor drawing rooms were redecorated 1763-67 by Sir William Chambers for Clive of India on the latter's purchase of the house. Part of best surviving terrace sequence in square and with exceptional interest.

NB Former Coach House to No 45: see No 45 Hays Mews W1.

Listing NGR: TQ2872080548