82, New Cavendish Street W1 London, England

Listed Building Data

82, New Cavendish Street 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shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.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
1239532
Listing Type
listed building
Grade
II*
Date Listed
10 September 1954
Name
82, NEW CAVENDISH STREET W1 (See details for further address information)
Location
16-22, MANSFIELD STREET W182, NEW CAVENDISH STREET W1
District
City of Westminster
County
Greater London Authority
Grid Reference
TQ 28742 81668
Easting
528742.1730
Northing
181667.8280

Listed Building Description

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TQ 2881 NE CITY OF WESTMINSTER MANSFIELD STREET, W1 (east side,) 45/66 lO.9.54 Nos. 16 to 22 (even) (Including No. 82 New 5.2.70 (No 22) Cavendish Street)

II* G.V.

Large terraced 1st rate town houses. 1770-76 by Robert and James Adam (No. 18 built by John Hobcroft) as a speculative development on the Portland Estate. Stock brick with channelled stucco ground floors except for No. 20 and No. 18 entirely stuccoed; concealed slate roofs. Generally uniform row with generously proportioned astylar elevations. (No. 22 slightly advanced.) 4 storeys (top floor as attic storey) on basements. 4-window wide fronts. No. 16 has architraved doorway with pediment on consoles set in front of shallow 2 storey canted bay (added probably during early C.20 alterations). No. 18 has Roman Doric column doorway with triglyph frieze and mutule cornice; double panelled doors with guilloche mouldings in panelled reveals, fluted doorhead carried out as impost moulding to fanlight arch. No. 20 has shallow porch in 2nd bay from left with fluted columns and wall pilasters of the Tower of the Winds order, festooned urn frieze and cornice; double panelled door, fluted doorhead and plain fanlight. No. 22 has engaged Tower of the Winds order, festooned urn frieze and cornice; double panelled door, fluted doorhead and plain fanlight. No. 22 has engaged Tower of the Winds column doorway with swag and rounded head frieze to entablature; panelled door in panelled pilaster surround, fluted doorhead and Vitruvian scroll imposts and patterned fanlight. The entrance to No. 82 New Cavendish Street has fluted pilaster Tower of the Winds order doorway with rosette studded frieze to entablature. Recessed sashes, under flat gauged arches to upper floors, No. 18 with shallow architraves to ground and 1st floor windows, the latter with cornices on consoles. 1st floor stucco plat band and sill band; cornice over 2nd floor and attic cornice with blocking course. Full height shallow canted bay and bow to return of No. 16. Anthemion pattern cast iron balconettes to 1st floor of No. 20. No. 18 retains flambé urn finialed area railings, the rest with Plumbed spike finial railings. Fine Adam interiors with top lit stone geometrical staircases with wrought iron balustrades, delicate plasterwork friezes, ceilings and wall medallions, inset painted panels to ceilings, statuary marble chimneypieces, etc. No. 16 with good neo-Adam pre 1st World War refurbishing and elaboration to 1st floor and again with the main staircase renewed in Adam manner on D plan by Lord Gerald Wellesley 1928-30. No. 26 was the residence of Charles, 3rd Earl of Stanhope.

The Works of R. & J. Adam, A.T. Bolton. Country Life; 26 April 1930.

Listing NGR: TQ2873981686