1-3 Queen Anne's Gate

Substantial townhouses, built in phases with elements dating from 1776, 1845-1846, the mid-1870s and 1930-1931. The site was entirely rebuilt behind retained façades in 2015-2020 as part of a wider residential redevelopment scheme by the architectural practice PDP London.

MATERIALS: red brick with consistent dark staining across the façade, red-brick gauged arches to the windows throughout.

PLAN: principal façade to the north, to Queen Anne’s Gate, with return elevations to Dartmouth Street (east) and Carteret Street (west). The residential apartments to the rear (excluded from the listing) were built as part of the 2015-2020 redevelopment of the site.

EXTERIOR: the multi-phased elevation is of four storeys including a basement and dormered mansard (rebuilt in 2015-2020). The western seven bays to Queen Anne’s Gate and the two return bays to Carteret Street are earliest extant phase of the elevation (dating to 1776; this being the extent of 8 Park Street at this time). The eastern four-bay range was built in a carefully-matched style by Ambrose Poynter. This section of the façade steps forward slightly with a canted corner to the junction with Dartmouth Street (the single return bay having been built as part of the 2015-2020 redevelopment). There is a consistent stucco string course above the ground and second floors to Queen Anne’s Gate and projecting cornice above the third floor, with the later dormered mansard set back behind. The entrance to Queen Anne’s Gate is positioned in the easternmost bay of the earliest phase. This includes a richly-carved surround with pilasters and a segmental pediment integrating the Cubitt family crest and the motto ‘felix qui prudens’ (happy is he who is prudent) flanked by two labourers, added 1930-1931 by the Cubitt Building Company as part of their conversion. The sash windows and frames throughout were replaced as part of the 2015-2020 redevelopment.

INTERIOR: the residential building behind the principal elevation was designed by the architectural practice PDP London and completed in 2020. No historic fabric is retained behind the façade and this is specifically excluded from the listing.

SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: cast-iron railings are attached to a coping at the front of the building, mostly of later-C19 date, although the eastern extension of the railings into Dartmouth Street is later.

The powers of exclusion under s1 (5A) (a) of the 1990 Act have been invoked to exclude the rebuilding behind the façades from the listing, as is reflected in the associated designation map. The modern single-bay return section of the facade to Dartmouth Street and the street-facing pitch of the mansard form an integral part of the façade and are to be treated as part of the listing.