42 And 44, Hill Street W1

TQ 2880 SW and SE CITY OF WESTMINSTER HILL STREET W1 79/1, 80/13 (north west side) Nos 42 and 44 - II Town mansion. 1919 by W Ernest Lord and Mewes and Davis for first Viscount Furness (rebuilding delayed by the First World War). Hand made red brick, sparse stone dressings, slate roof. Neo Georgian facade with 50 ft frontage. Glazing bar sashes, wrought iron balconies. Garden front symmetrical with full height central bow. Grand interior almost certainly the contribution of Mewes and Davis: entrance hall lined with polished stone; staircase with Tijou-style wrought iron balustrade. Ground floor room (originally the library) with carved oak panelling and built in bookcases. Two large first floor rooms, one with early Georgian-style pine panelling and one with reset French boiseries and marble chimneypieces; etc.

Listing NGR: TQ2849180418