6 1/2 And 7, Suffolk Street Sw1

TQ 2980 SE and NE CITY OF WESTMINSTER SUFFOLK STREET, SW1 71/102 Nos 6½ and 7 5.2.70 (formerly listed as the Society of British Artists and Gallery) G.V. II* Former institution and gallery, now offices. c1823 by John Nash with James Elmes. Stucco, slate roof. Graeco Roman. 3 storeys and attic storey. 3 windows wide. Advanced arcaded ground floor - podium supporting an imposing Roman Doric, giant, pedimented portico screening 2 storeys of architraved sash windows. Small square attic windows and crowning cornice and blocking course. Interior by Elmes and Nash much altered by office development behind facade but retaining gallery now as part of No 1 Hobhouse Court. The Society of British Artists was founded by James Elmes (father of Harvey Lonsdale Elmes of St George's Hall fame) in 1823 and he was the editor of Shepherd's "Metropolitan Improvements" etc. Important survival of Nash's street architecture in the Regent Street manner. Survey of London; Vol XX. John Nash; John Summerson Dictionary of British Architects; Howard Colvin

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