1-9, New Bond Street Place

NEW BOND STREET PLACE

Nos.1-9 (Consec) 05/08/75

GV II

Nine terrace houses, now shops with accommodation over. c1825-1830. MATERIALS: Limestone ashlar, roofs not visible from street but probably Welsh slate. PLAN: Single depth plan, mostly backing onto other properties. EXTERIOR: Three storey rows giving on to passage. Frieze, moulded cornice and parapet carried through. One window each to Nos 1-5 (east side), recessed glazing bar sashes with cornices on carved consoles over those on first floor. No. 1 has a plaque on left hand pilaster to Rudge (1837-1903), inventor of `the Biophantascope, the precursor of the Kinemato-graph¿. Nos 7 and 8 (west side) have two windows, as do Nos 1-5. No.9 has three windows, all without cornice heads. Continuous fascia and cornice over ground floors on both sides. Original pilastered shops, some with shallow canted or rectangular bay windows retaining glazing bars. No.5 part of same premises as No.11 Upper Borough Walls (qv). No.9 slightly lower than others, c1820, with lintel moulded cornice and parapet. Pilastered shopfront by Alfred J. Taylor, with panelled risers and fluted brackets flanking fascia. INTERIORS: Except for ground floors, not inspected. No.1 has the top flight of the original Georgian staircase, No. 2 the return flight with Doric newel. Little else remains. No 8 has c1840 winder stairs , some Regency cornicing. No.3 (The Volunteer Rifleman's Arms) has damaged contemporary staircase with turned balusters. No.9 may have been built in conjunction with New Bond Street (qv). HISTORY: The Council agreed formation of New Bond Street Place on 26th July 1824 (Council Minutes). It continues the line of the Saxon Union Passage through and beyond the City wall.

Listing NGR: ST7502064930