139, PICCADILLY W1

TQ 2879 NE CITY OF WESTMINSTER PICCADILLY. W1 89/7 (north side) No 139 2.7.69 G.V. II Terraced town house. c1760-64 or 1798 origin, remodelled and refaced 1891 by R S Wornum at the same time and in similar style as No 138 q.v. Portland stone, slate roof. Neo-classical revival with rather Louis XVI details. 3 tall storeys, attic storey and dormered mansard, on basement. 4 windows wide. Rusticated ground floor arcaded with doorway deep set to right with fanlight and deep set square headed sashes in arcade. Upper floors have architraved sashes, with pediments on 1st floor, articulated by giant Ionic order of pilasters with entablature carved over from No 138 and similarly pilastered attic. Parapet balustrades removed; pedimented dormers. 1st floor windows have bowed balustered balconettes; carved relief plaques with swags below 2nd floor windows. Stone balustrade to area. Hall retains possibly original or more likely late C18 plasterwork ceiling with enriched bracket cornice.

Listing NGR: TQ2853479940