196B AND C, CRAVEN ROAD W2 (See details for further address information)

TQ 2681 SE CITY OF WESTMINSTER WESTBOURNE TERRACE, W2 52/30 (north-east side) 5.2.70 Nos 1-31 (odd) including 196b and c Craven Road. GV II Terrace. 1840s. Probably by W King and W Kingdom. Brick, stuccoed and channelled to ground floor. Roof concealed. 4 storeys with basement and attic of central and outer bays. Symmetrical composition: 12-bay central breakforward with further breakforward of 6-bays flanked by 16-bay ranges, the four outer bays of which project slightly. Rusticated quions to each breakforward. Projecting Tuscan porches flanked by tripartite windows, mainly sashed. Balcony with raised balusters to 1st floor. Round-arched casement windows flanked by pilasters and with moulded archivolts. 2nd floor sashes, some with glazing bars, in eared architraves. 3rd floor sill band. Sashes or casements in pilaster surrounds. Cornice, with modillions to central bays. Eared surrounds to attic windows. The London Encyclopedia, C Hibbert and B Weinreb (eds) 1983, p 942.

Listing NGR: TQ2661881052