69 And 71, Harley Street W1

TQ 2881 NE CITY OF WESTMINSTER HARLEY STREET, W1 45/68 (West side) 14.3.66 Nos. 69 and 71 G.V. II* Terraced town houses. c.1773-74 Portland Estate development probably by John White in partnership with the plasterer Thomas Collins (associates of Sir William Chambers). Stock brick with stuccoed ground floors; concealed slate roofs. 4 storeys and basements. 3-window wide fronts. Semicircular arched doorways to right; panelled doors, sidelights and fanlights composed as Venetian windows. Recessed sashes, under flat gauged arches to upper floors. Stuccowork finished off with plat band. Parapets with copings, No. 69 with stucco dentil cornice below parapet. Cast iron balconies mid C.19 to No. 69 and early C.19 to No. 71. Cast iron area railings with plumbed spike finials. Fine interiors with top lit geometrical stone staircases with wrought iron balustrades, delicate plasterwork ceilings and friezes, stucco mythological medallions to overmantels; statuary marble chimneypieces; mahogany doors etc.

Listing NGR: TQ2862681702