39, Curzon Street

39 Curzon Street is an early to mid-18th century terraced house located in Mayfair. It was refronted in the 19th century and a closet wing was added to the rear in the late 19th century. The front is stuccoed, with the upper floors channelled to resemble ashlar. The house is four storeys high with a basement and has two windows. The entrance has an architraved doorway with reeded jambs; the door is panelled with an overlight and cornice to the porch. The ground floor has an architraved sash window. The first floor has a sill band to architraved casements with console bracketed pediments and cast iron window guards with a geometric pattern. The second floor has two-pane sashes with bracketed architraves. A cornice at the third floor level serves as a sill band to architraved sashes with glazing bars. A narrow cornice sits below a balustraded parapet. Original area railings are attached to the front. The rear elevation is rendered with casement and sash windows; a slated mansard roof incorporates dormers. A multi-coloured stock brick closet wing has segmental arches to recessed four-pane sashes, supported on cast iron columns. The interior plan remains unaltered. There’s a panelled hall featuring an early 20th century elliptical arch with a keystone and egg and dart architrave, supported by Ionic pilasters and scrolled consoles. A dog-leg staircase incorporates early 20th century elements on the ground floor (open string with turned balusters, panelled pillar newel with ball finial), closed string sections with turned balusters on the middle flights (early 20th century), a column newel (early 18th century), and a mahogany handrail. The upper flight and landing retain their early to mid-18th century design with a closed string, turned balusters, column newels and a moulded handrail. A beaded dado rail runs the full height of the stairwell. Most rooms feature original panelling and cornices. A first floor back room has a half-glazed china cupboard with cocks head hinges. The front room on the second floor contains an early to mid-18th century fireplace with an eared architrave and a dentil cornice. This house represents an unusual survival in the Mayfair area of a modestly scaled 18th century dwelling.