21, Pitts Head Mews

21, Pitt’s Head Mews is a late 19th or early 20th century mews building, originally stabling, coach houses, and accommodation above. It was likely built around 1905, coinciding with the unification of numbers 21 and 23 Curzon Street.

The building is in two blocks, constructed of stock brick in English bond. The block to the left has a slate mansard roof, while the corner block has a hipped slate roof. The left block is two storeys and has attics; the ground floor has been altered to create garage doors, and above are six flush-frame sash windows with glazing bars, arranged in pairs. There are three dormer windows with flat roofs, each containing a four-light casement with small panes. Tall stacks with shaped tops are prominent, along with gables. The corner building breaks forward slightly with a curved return to Derby Street.

The Pitt’s Head Mews elevation has a central garage opening, altered, flanked by Diocletian windows. A pedestrian entrance is to the left, with a tall overlight above a panelled door. Above the entrance are two uneven pairs of flush-frame sash windows with glazing bars. Two pairs of flat-roofed dormer windows with small-paned two-light casements alternate with tall stacks with shaped tops. The curved return to Derby Street has a carriage guard at the base.

The Derby Street elevation has three bays, with three Diocletian windows at ground floor level. Above are two pairs of flush-frame sash windows with glazing bars, and a tall loft opening with a replaced window to the right. Three flat-roofed dormer windows are similarly detailed as the Pitt’s Head Mews elevation.

The interior of the western part of the building, likely the original coachhouse, includes a round-headed niche with a tap. The eastern part has matchboard panelling, green glazed tiles, and herringbone glazed brick floors with cast iron drainage channels and marks of stall partitions. Between the two parts are two tack rooms, one with matchboard panelling, brackets for hanging saddles, a cupboard, and a sink, while the other has saddle brackets, cupboards, and a corner wooden fireplace with an ogee-headed firegrate and green glazed tiles. The upper floor of the original wooden staircase survives.