Kent Terrace London, England
Listed Building Data
Kent Terrace 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shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.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
- 1221318
- Listing Type
- listed building
- Grade
- II*
- Date Listed
- 14 January 1970
- Name
- KENT TERRACE
- Location
- 1-18, KENT TERRACE, REGENT'S PARK NW1KENT TERRACE, REGENT'S PARK NW1
- District
- City of Westminster
- County
- Greater London Authority
- Grid Reference
- TQ 27514 82515
- Easting
- 527514.0000
- Northing
- 182515.0000
Listed Building Description
Text courtesy of Historic England. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
TQ 2782 NE and SE CITY OF WESTMINSTER KENT TERRACE, 23/19; 24/11; 34/1 REGENT'S PARK, NW1 14.1.70 Nos. 1 to 18 (consec) G.V. II* Unified terrace block. 1827, by John Nash (built by William Smith) and one of the last terraces to be built as part of Nash's Regent's Park Crown Estate development. Stucco; slate roofs. Grecian-Palladian composition dressed with giant Ionic order in antis to centre and terminal features which are slightly advanced; the only major Regent's Park terrace to face away from Park, backing on to Hanover Terrace Mews and set behind forecourt gardens to Park Road. 4 storeys (including attic storey) on basements. 2 and 3 windows per house behind facade; centrepiece 5-bay colonnade in antis with one bay in antis, pedimented-attic flanks and similar one bay terminal pavilions; link ranges with tripartite window bays each end. Coupled segmental arched doorways and segmental arched ground floor windows recessed for one order; architraved 1st and 2nd floor windows, with cornices on 1st floor, and attic windows recessed for one order; the terminal window bays with tripartite sashes segmental arched on 1st floor. Link ranges have plat band over 1st floor and 2nd floor sill course with narrow aprons; main cornice over 2nd floor and attic cornice and blocking course. Cast iron continuous pendant palmette patterned balcony to link ranges, centrepiece and end pavilions with stucco balustrades. Tasselled spearhead area railings. John Nash; John Summerson.
Listing NGR: TQ2751482515
