77-81, PORTLAND PLACE W1 is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 February 1970. Terraced house. 2 related planning applications.

77-81, PORTLAND PLACE W1

WRENN ID
twelfth-cupola-thistle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westminster
Country
England
Date first listed
5 February 1970
Type
Terraced house
Source
Historic England listing

Description

TQ 2882 SE CITY OF WESTMINSTER PORTLAND PLACE,Wl 36/29 (West side) 5.2.70 Nos 77 to 81 (odd) G.V. II Terraced large 1st rate houses, c1780 by James Adam as a speculative Portland Estate development with his brothers. Stock brick with channelled stucco ground floors; slate roofs. Plain astylar elevations, a simplified version of No 75 q.v. (and the other terrace blocks) and slightly recessed from the latter, matching Nos 92 to 96 (even) q.v. 4 storeys and basement with dormered mansards. 3-window wide fronts. Semicircular arched doorways to left; double panelled doors, side lights and cornice-doorheads below fanlights. Recessed sashes, under flat gauged arches to upper floors. Plat band over ground floor stuccowork. Crowning stucco cornice and blocking course. Cast iron Gothick patterned balconies across 1st floor. Cast iron plumbed spike area railings. Interiors not inspected.

Listing NGR: TQ2870181981

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