22, Charles Street W1

TQ 2880 SE CITY OF WESTMINSTER CHARLES STREET W1 80/33 (North side)

No 22 9.1.70 GV II*

Terraced house. c.1753 by William Timbrell and John Phillips, altered late C18 or early C19. Brown brick, slate roof; stuccoed rear. 3 storeys plus 2 attic storeys added early to mid C19, on basement. 3 windows wide. Entrance to right with panelled door and fanlight in stone doorcase with cornice on consoles. Recessed glazing bar sashes under flat gauged arches. Moulded stone cornice over 2nd floor and parapet with coping. 1st floor c.1800 cast iron balcony. Cast iron area railings. Rear stuccoed with canted bay to ground and 1st floors. Interior retains ground floor front room with good mid C18 panelling, moulded cornice doorcases and alcove and cupboard flanking chimneypiece; 1st floor rooms retain cornices but later neo-Georgian decoration; probably early C19 stone staircase with plain iron balustrade. The roof has an early iron frame structure. No 22 was the residence of the Duke of Clarence before his accession as William IV.

Listing NGR: TQ2856980354