29-35, Portland Place W1 London, England
Listed Building Data
29-35, Portland Place 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shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.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
- 1227074
- Listing Type
- listed building
- Grade
- II*
- Date Listed
- 10 September 1954
- Name
- 29-35, PORTLAND PLACE W1 (See details for further address information)
- Location
- 29-35, PORTLAND PLACE W171, NEW CAVENDISH STREET W1
- District
- City of Westminster
- County
- Greater London Authority
- Grid Reference
- TQ 28754 81731
- Easting
- 528754.0000
- Northing
- 181731.0000
Description
Large terraced 1st rate town houses, 1776-c1780 by James Adam, as a speculative development with his brothers and John Elwes on a Portland Estate lease. Stock brick with stucco ground floors; slate roofs. Astylar elevations designed as part of a symmetrical block with Nos 41 to 47 (odd) q.v.
Listed Building Description
Text courtesy of Historic England. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
TQ 2881 NE CITY OF WESTMINSTER PORTLAND PLACE,Wl 45/53 (west side) Nos 29 to 35 (odd) (including No 71 New 10.9.54 Cavendish Street, formerly No 27 Portland Place) G.V. II* Large terraced 1st rate town houses, 1776-c1780 by James Adam, as a speculative development with his brothers and John Elwes on a Portland Estate lease. Stock brick with stucco ground floors; slate roofs. Astylar elevations designed as part of a symmetrical block with Nos 41 to 47 (odd) q.v. 4 storeys (including added attic storeys) on basements. 3-window wide fronts with 5-window return to No 71 New Cavendish Street with entrance. Broad semicircular arched doorways with panelled double doors, side lights and fanlights above ram's head cornice doorheads; No 35 has midCl9 segmental vaulted covered way on cast iron posts extending to pavement; No 71 New Cavendish Street has Doric columned stucco porch with dentil cornice and iron balustrade over. Recessed sashes, under flat gauged arches to upper floors. Plat band finishing off ground floor stonework; moulded stucco band over 1st floor and main cornice over 2nd floor with secondary cornice and blocking course to attic. No 35 has mid C19 barrel- roofed, glazed-in, arcaded verandah and all have cast iron Grecian or mid C19 balconies to 1st floor. Cast iron area railings with plumbed spike finials, All retain fine Adam interior features with delicate plaster work and some inset panels and medallions; stone geometrical staircases with wrought iron balustrades; statuary marble chimneypieces etc.
Listing NGR: TQ2875481731
