9, Grosvenor Square W1

TQ 2880 NE CITY OF WESTMINSTER GROSVENOR SQUARE, 68/16 Wl 15.6.62 No. 9 G.V. II Corner terraced town house. C. 1725 by William Barlow, junior, brick layer, some alterations early to mid C.19 and internally early C.20. Brown brick with banded stucco ground floor, slate roof. 3 storeys, basement and dormered mansard. 3 windows wide. Right hand of ground floor has protruding stucco corridor along flank of adjoining No. 88 Brook Street, terminating in angled antae porch - probably early C.19 alteration. Recessed sashes, glazing bars intact to upper floors, in stucco reveals with red brick dressings and under cambered gauged arches, with blind boxes on 1st floor. Parapet with coping. 1st floor cast iron balcony. Irregular 3 window return with chimney stacks. Wrought iron area railings. Interior mostly early to later C.19 decoration with oval top lit rear chamber on ground floor etc. The House was the residence of John Adams,first U.S. Ambassador to the Court of St. James's 1785-88. One of only 4 houses surviving mid C.20 rebuild of square and the only one to substantially retain its original exterior. Survey of London; Vol. XL.

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