Schomberg House

TQ 2980 SW CITY OF WESTMINSTER PALL MALL SW1 81/57 (South side) 5.2.70 Nos 80 to 82 consec. (Schomberg House) GV II* Town mansion. 1698 for the Duke of Schomberg. Later alterations and additions. Brown brick with red brick dressings and stone quoining, slate roof. 4 storeys and basement. 9 bays wide with 3 bay pedimented centre slightly advanced and projecting single bay flanking wings, the eastern left half of elevation rebuilt restoring the original symmetry of the design in the 1960s. Central projecting caryatid porch of painted Coade stone (dated 1791) but no doorway behind it, the entrance at foot of west wing with Ionic columns and bracketed cornice. Long, narrow, renewed glazing bar sash windows flush framed with flat gauged red brick arches, keystones and red brick dressings. The centre bay has vertical "lacing". Coved eaves cornice together with pediment have carved modillion brackets. Coade stone tablet on 1st floor featuring an allegory of Painting. Plaque on west wing commemorating residence of Thomas Gainsborough, the painter. Rare survival of Cl7 town mansion. Survey of London; vol XXIX

Listing NGR: TQ2948480180