38, Craven Street Wc2 is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 January 1970. Town house. 2 related planning applications.
38, Craven Street Wc2
- WRENN ID
- spare-facade-aspen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westminster
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 January 1970
- Type
- Town house
- Address
- 38, Craven Street Wc2, City of Westminster, WC2N 5NG
- OS grid reference
- TQ 302 804
- Coordinates
- 51.50772, -0.12503
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 38 Craven Street is a terraced town house built around 1731, with alterations made around 1792. The building features brown brick with red brick window dressings and a channelled stucco ground floor, topped with a slate roof. It stands four storeys tall, with the top floor being a heightening from the 1792 alterations, and includes a 19th-century dormered mansard and a basement. The house is three windows wide and has a closet wing plan.
To the left, there is an elliptical arched doorway in a plain stucco surround, which has a recessed panelled door and a patterned fanlight above. The windows are recessed glazing bar sashes set under flat gauged red brick arches. A cornice-band finishes the ground floor stuccowork, and there is a parapet with coping. The first floor features a cast iron balcony with a geometrical pattern, and there are cast iron area railings with urn finials.
Inside, the interior remains largely intact, showcasing fielded panelling and cornices. A fluted Doric pilastered screen separates the hall from the panelled stairwell, which has a staircase typical for the period, with three grouped balusters per tread. The front and back rooms on the ground floor are connected by a wide opening flanked by fluted Doric pilasters that support an entablature. This house is part of the 18th-century development of the Craven family's Brewhouse estate, which was laid out by Flitcroft.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
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