1-3, Manchester Square W1

TQ 2881 SW CITY OF WESTMINSTER MANCHESTER SQUARE, W1 55/29 (east side)

10.9.54 Nos. 1 to 3 (consec)

G.V. II

Terraced town houses. c.1776-88 as part of south east side of the Duke of Manchester's development of the square on Portman Estate land. Brown brick; concealed slate roofs. Nos. 1 and 2 of 5 storeys and No. 3 of 4 storeys, on basements. 3-window wide fronts. Square headed doorways to left; panelled doors and rectangular fanlights in architrave cases, Nos. 1 and 2 with half pilasters and cornices. Recessed sashes, some with glazing bars, under flat gauged arches. Stucco plat bands between storeys; stucco cornices over 2nd floors. Parapets with stucco on stone copings. Cast iron area railings with flambé torch or urn finials. L.C.C. plaques recording residence of Sir Julius Benedict, composer, at No. 2, and of J.H. Jackson, physician, at No. 3.

Listing NGR: TQ2833981364