No. 19 And Attached Railings And Gate

House, now flats. Built circa 1786, attributed to architect John Palmer and constructed by Richard Hewlett. The building underwent an early 19th-century porch addition and late 19th and 20th-century alterations.

The front elevation is finished in limestone ashlar, with rubble construction to the basement below the windows and to the exposed left flank wall and rear. The roof is a double pile parapeted mansard with Welsh slate covering to front and rear, a coped party wall to the left with two ashlar stacks, and a front-facing staircase.

The house comprises three storeys, an attic, and a cellar, presented as a three-window front. The first floor contains three six-over-six sash windows in plain reveals, with wrought iron balconettes to the centre and left windows. The second floor similarly features three six-over-six sashes with wrought iron balconettes, plus a small 20th-century window to the right. The ground floor has to the left two four-over-four horned sashes in splayed reveals with stone sills and wrought iron balconettes. To the right sits an impressive one-and-a-half storey ashlar porch over a crossover. The porch has a pair of doors, each with six small moulded panels within a moulded architrave, supported by a pair of reeded console brackets carrying a cornice hood. The porch features Tuscan angle pilasters supporting a full entablature with blocking course above the cornice. The left side of the porch has a small 20th-century window at ground floor and a small sash with margined glazing above both, set in stepped stone surrounds with double recessed panels below. The right side contains a blind window with stone sill and double recessed panels above and below.

The basement level has two two-over-two horned sashes in plain reveals with stone sills and wrought iron window guards with shaped tops. A 20th-century door in ashlar infilling sits beneath the doorstep, with 20th-century area steps. Double dormers with plate glass sashes light the attic.

The building displays a band course over the ground floor and sill bands to the first and second floors. Modillion eaves cornice and coped parapet complete the classical detailing.

The rear elevation features four-over-four sashes to ground and first floor levels, a six-over-six sash to the first floor left, and three grouped plate glass sashes (narrower versions to the left and right, with one double and one single element). One double and one single dormer are present, along with a small 20th-century extension.

Attached to the property are wrought iron railings and a gate with urn tops set on limestone bases.

The property was developed in conjunction with Portland Place by John Hensley. Building leases were granted on 25 March, 24 June, and 31 October 1785 for land demised on 30 March 1782 (for three lives) by legatees of the Morford Estate. Additional freehold land belonging to Hensley was conveyed by the Duperee family on 1 and 2 January 1772, and then transferred by lease and release on 23 and 24 June 1783 from Hensley, Phillips, and their trustee to Daniel Tanner as trustee for Hensley alone.