18, Adam Street Wc2

TQ 3080 NW CITY OF WESTMINSTER ADAM STREET, WC2 72/125 24.2.58 No. 18

G.V. II*

Corner terraced town house. 1768-74 by Robert Adam. Brown brick, slate roof. A substantial house in the Adelphi development with deep return to John Adam Street. 3 storeys with attic storey and dormered mansard, basement. 5 windows wide with central 3 bays grouped under pediment; 6 window return. Ground floor with later banded rustication in stucco and bracketed cornice has central semicircular arched entrance with vermiculated jambs and voussoirs, panelled door with patterned fanlight; ground floor recessed sashes with vermiculated heads and keystones. Upper floors have glazing bar sashes under flat gauged arches. Cornice over 2nd floor and parapet with coping. Similar details to return continued in elevation of No. 2 John Adam Street. Cast iron area railings with urn finials.

Survey of London; Vol. XVIII.

Listing NGR: TQ3040480632