56 And 58, Portland Place W1

TQ 2881 NE CITY OF WESTMINSTER PORTLAND PLACE, Wl 45/31 (east side) Nos. 56 and 58 10.9.54 G.V. II* Large terraced 1st rate town houses. 1776-c.1780 by James Adam, as a speculative development with his brothers and John Elwes on a Portland Estate lease. Stock brick with channelled stucco ground floors; slate roofs. Astylar elevations built as part of the same symmetrical block as Nos. 34 to 52 (even) q.v. 4 storeys (including added attic storey), No. 56 with dormered mansard, on basements. 3-window wide fronts. Semicircular arched doorways to right and left; double panelled doors with columned side lights, cornice-doorheads and fanlights, No. 56 retaining original delicate radial swag pattern. Recessed sashes, under flat gauged arches to upper floors. Plat band finishes off ground floor stuccowork. Moulded stucco band over 1st floor and main entablature over 2nd floor; attic cornice and blocking course. Continuous early C.19 cast iron balconies to 1st floor. Cast iron urn finialed area railings. No. 56 retains some good Adam interior features with stone geometrical staircase with wrought iron balustrade, delicate plasterwork and inlaid marble chimneypieces, etc.

Listing NGR: TQ2880281843