24, Upper Wimpole Street W1

TQ 2881 NW CITY OF WESTMINSTER UPPER WIMPOLE STREET, 44/19 (West side) W1 No 24 14.3.66 G.V. II Terraced town house, c1780-90, probably by John White for the Portland Estate. Stock brick with channelled stucco ground floor; slate roof. 4 storeys and dormered mansard, on basement. 3-window wide astylar front. Semicircular arched doorway to left with architraved panelled door framed by inset 1/2 Ionic fluted pilasters, enriched cornice-doorhead and fanlight framed by inscribed archivolt with paterae studded surround. Recessed sashes, under flat gauged arches to upper floors. Plat band over ground floor. Parapet with coping. Cast iron Victorian scroll-patterned 1st floor balcony. Flambé urn finialed area railings. Interior retains good features,of particular note the plasterwork of the ceilings (by John Utterton?) with inset panels; stone top lit geometrical staircase with delicate wrought iron balustrade, statuary marble chimneypieces; etc.

Listing NGR: TQ2847681802