22, Romilly Street W1

No. 22 Romilly Street is a terraced house built around 1700 as part of the Portland Estate. The original facing brick was replaced in the 20th century, likely due to bomb damage, with modern brick laid in Flemish Bond, maintaining the same depth for the window reveals as the original. The roof is parapeted, and the building has four storeys over a basement, featuring area railings of an authentic design.

The house has a three-window range, with all upper-floor windows being segmental arched and fitted with post-World War II casements. To the left of the entrance, there is an architrave leading to a flat-arched entrance with an original panelled door; the cornice above may be a later addition. A shallow segmental bay to the right of the entrance is from the 20th century, as is the broad, gauged-brick window below it.

Inside, the ground and first floors showcase a remarkable survival of original ovolo moulded panelling, cornices, and other features. The panelling continues to the second-floor stair landing and is said to be intact, although simpler in design on the upper floors. The original plan remains intact, featuring one room at the front and rear, a closet projection, and a stair hall. The dog-leg open stair has turned balusters and newels in the entrance range.

The front room on the ground floor was originally accessed by a door that has been carefully filled in to match the panelling. There is a stack on the east party wall and a corner stack to the right rear, with the first-floor stack retaining its original mantlepiece. Between the entrance hall and stair hall, a flat diaphragm arch with a panelled soffit is supported by Tuscan pilasters and one triglyph block. Although no original sash frames remain, three windows at the rear suggest that some were of the solid framed and pegged type with fixed upper sashes. The closet windows on the west wall of the first and second floors and the window in the rear room on the first floor retain their original boxes for shutters. The Survey of London, Parish of St. Anne, Soho, dates Nos. 21 and 22 to 1738-9, but recent research indicates that an earlier date is possible.