26 Westbourne Crescent W2

Description

This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.

TQ 2581 SE CITY OF WESTMINSTER WESTBOURNE GROVE, W2 50/12 (north side) 5.2.70 No 26 GV II Theatre, now commercial premises, Circa 1860. Painted stone or stucco. Balustraded attic.

Italianate style. 4 storeys, 4 bays. Arched ground floor windows and arched entrance to second bay from right. Portrait roundels to spandrels. First floor continuous round headed arcade; second and third floor windows paired in arched reveals with portrait roundels between (including Queen Victoria and Prince Albert). C20 casement windows except to ground floor left hand side, where 2 bays remain of orginal glazing with arched metal glazing bars. Modillion cornice. Decorative capitals with naturalistic foliage to each stage. Built as a Shakespearian Theatre.

Listing NGR: TQ2566081196

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This is part of the Series: IOE01/1656 IOE Records taken by Anthony Rau; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

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© Mr Anthony Rau. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project