4-6, Barton Street Sw1

Terraced houses at 4-6 Barton Street, SW1, were built around 1722, with alterations and an extension to the return of number 6 in the early 20th century. The houses are constructed of brown brick with red brick window dressings, while the ground floor of number 6 is stuccoed; they have tiled roofs. The buildings are three storeys high, with basements and dormered mansards. Each front is three windows wide, except for the return of number 6, which has two windows, and a further wing to Cowley Street. The doorways of numbers 4 and 6 are on the left-hand side, and the doorway of number 5 is on the right. Number 4 has a doorway with fluted and panelled pilasters and a pediment, number 5 has a plain wooden doorcase and hood, and number 6 has an architrave case and a pedimented hood on consoles. The windows are recessed sash windows, some with renewed glazing bars, and are set under flat, gauged arches. There is a painted timber lintel across the heads of the ground floor windows of numbers 4 and 5. Brick platbands divide the storeys and sit below the parapet. Wrought iron area railings are present. Number 5 features a cornet rainwater head and a lead downpipe. The return of number 6 includes a blind window bay next to the corner, and is extended by a partly rebuilt three-window wing of the same height, featuring box framed glazing bar sashes under segmental gauged arches. A broad, architrave-framed opening on the ground floor on the left-hand side contains a recessed panelled door and a basement entrance. A stone tablet inscribed “Cowley Street, 1722” is set within the wall by the corner, and a wrought iron lamp bracket is on the corner. The properties form part of a well-preserved early 18th century residential enclave, along with Cowley and Lord North Streets.