39-46, CONNAUGHT SQUARE W2

A terrace of six houses, numbered 39 to 46, forming the south side of Connaught Square, was built around 1828 to 1830, likely by George Gutch. They are part of the early development of Tyburnia, originally planned in 1827 by S.P. Cockerell for the Bishop of London’s Estate and later modified by Gutch. The houses are constructed of brown brick with channelled stucco to the ground floors and have concealed slate roofs. They are four storeys high with basements, and numbers 45 and 46 feature attic storeys. The fronts are two and three windows wide.

Each house has an entrance to the left, with that of number 46 in the return to Stanhope Place, featuring semicircular arched doorways. These doorways include panelled doors set in pilastered jambs with consoles above the doorheads and fanlights. Number 46 has a stucco porch leading to Stanhope Place. The windows are recessed sash windows with glazing bars, set under flat gauged arches and some within stucco architraves. A stucco plat band runs above the ground floor and at third-floor level. A crowning cornice and blocking course top the facade. The first floor has geometric patterned cast iron balconies, and the front is protected by cast iron area railings with spearhead and urn finials.