53, Mount Street W1

TQ 2880 NW CITY OF WESTMINSTER MOUNT STREET, W1 68/77 (north side)

No. 53

G.V. II

End of terrace town house. 1895-97 by John E. Trollope. Red brick with stone dressings, slate roof. Somewhat larger than the preceding terrace houses and more markedly Queen Anne. 4 main storeys, basement and gabled attic. Asymmetrical 2 window wide elevation. Entrance to right with stone voussoired arch to recessed porch and boldly bracketed stone hood forming a balustraded balcony to the 1st floor window above. The latter and upper floor windows of this right hand bay set in slightly projecting 3 storey corniced panel. To left is a canted stone dressed bay window rising from basement to 2nd floor. Casements and glazing bar sashes. Row of attic casements divided in centre by a moulded brick cartouche dated 1896. The facade is crowned by a tall gable with elaborately scrolled stone kneelers and saddlestone apex with a cartouche and a scrolly pediment. Gabled asymmetrical return elevation. Prominent stone capped chimney stacks. Cast iron area and garden railings. Part of Grosvenor Estate's late C.19 redevelopment and related to Nos. 34-42 Park Street, q.v.

Survey of London; Vol. XL

Listing NGR: TQ2826080562