38, Grosvenor Square W1

TQ 2880 NW 68/45

CITY OF WESTMINSTER, W.1 GROSVENOR SQUARE, No. 38

II* Terraced town house. c. 1727 origin, remodelled internally and externally in 1776 by John Johnson and refaced 1854-55 to the standard Italianate designs of Thomas Cundy II. Stucco faced, slate roof. 4 storeys and basement. 4 windows wide. Banded rustication to ground floor with vermiculated even quoining. Entrance in 2nd bay from right with Tuscan column porch; plate glass sash windows. Upper floors, with banded rustication to quoin pilasters, have eared architrave windows, those on 1st floor with pediments. Deep enriched crowning entablature with modillion bracketed cornice broken over quoin pilasters and balustraded parapet. Balustraded 1st floor balcony carried over porch; cast iron window guards on consoled sills of 2nd floor windows; string course to 3rd floor. The interior has one of the most complete neo-classical decorative schemes on the Estate, all apparently to Johnson's design with plasterwork cornices, friezes and overmantels; monochrome painted circular panels to rear bowed end room; elaborate stucco and painted ceilings on 1st floor in Biagio Rebecca style and statuary marble chimney pieces, all of high quality; panelled hall and domed stairwell with wrought scrolled balustrade to stone steps etc. Survey of London; Vol. XL

Listing NGR: TQ2836480696