21, Duchess Mews W1 London, England
Listed Building Data
21, Duchess Mews W1 has been designated a Grade II listed building in England with the following information, which has been imported from the National Heritage List for England. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.
- List Entry ID
- 1066871
- Listing Type
- listed building
- Grade
- II
- Date Listed
- 15 June 1973
- Name
- 21, DUCHESS MEWS W1
- Location
- 21, DUCHESS MEWS W1
- District
- City of Westminster
- County
- Greater London Authority
- Grid Reference
- TQ 28778 81679
- Easting
- 528777.9490
- Northing
- 181678.9120
Listed Building Description
Text courtesy of Historic England. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
TQ 2881 NE CITY OF WESTMINSTER DUCHESS MEWS, W1 45/72 15.6.73 No. 21 G.V. II Mews building. c.1775-76 (some C.20 alterations) by James Adam associated with No. 21 Portland Place q,v. Stock brick altered mews front; stuccoed "polite" east front vis-a-vis rear of Portland Place house; slate roof. 2 storeys and basement. 5 windows wide, the centre bay slightly advanced and pedimented. Exposed brick basement has wide segmental gauged brick arch. Ground floor partly obscured by C.20 additions has blind semicircular archway recessed for 2 orders to advanced centre flanked by empty niches. The imposts of arch are extended into frieze with fluting and rosette enrichments; above the frieze 2 circular Coade stone medallions with mythological scenes in relief and, to left and right, rectangular panels with double swag motif. 1st floor has 3 recessed casement windows alternating with 2 blocked up window openings. Moulded cornice and parapet with coping and pedimented centre bay.
Listing NGR: TQ2878081678
