Nos. 14-22, 22A and 24, QUEEN ANNE'S GATE

TQ 2979 NE, 91/19

CITY OF WESTMINSTER, QUEEN ANNE'S GATE,SW1, Nos. 14 to 22 (even), 22A and 24

24.02.58

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Group of terraced town houses. 1775-78 rebuilding with some early C19 alteration and a number with alteration or refurbishment as offices in the late 1970s and early to mid 1980s. Brown brick, the ground floors stuccoed apart from Nos 18 and 24; slate roofs. All have similar plan type with stairwell separating large fall width front and rear rooms and with bowed rears to St James's Park. 4 storeys, basements and dormered mansards. 3-window wide fronts except the 2- window wide fronts of Nos 22, 22A and 24. Entrances to left in Nos 16 to 20 even and to right in Nos 14 and 22, 22A and 24, semicircular arched doorways with panelled doors and radial patterned fanlights; No 16 has larger arched opening recessed for one order as is the ground floor window, the arches linked by impost string; No 18 has door with side lights and the glazing continued around fanlight archivolt. Recessed glazing bar sashes under flat gauged arches. 1st floor sill band; parapet with coping. No 18 has tent-roofed cast iron verandah-balcony to 1st floor. Wrought iron area railings, Nos 18, 20 and 24 with lamp standards and simple scroll work, spike and urn finials. Bowed rear elevations have deli- cate cast iron balconies. The interiors have particularly well designed stone geometrical staircase rising on semicircular niche plan with delicate wrought iron pattern balustrades, top lit from oval lantern; some good original ceilings in delicate Adam style and statuary marble chimney pieces, panelled shutters, etc. No 20 has early LCC plaque to Lord Palmerston who was born here in 1784. This part of the street was originally a close called Park Street, separated by a wall from the western part called Queen Square. Part of an exceptional group of late C18 and Queen Anne houses.

Listing NGR: TQ2969379644