34, BAKER STREET W1

34, BAKER STREET W1

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1119767
Date first listed:
15-Jun-1998
List Entry Name:
34, BAKER STREET W1
Statutory Address:
34, BAKER STREET W1
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1119767
Date first listed:
15-Jun-1998
List Entry Name:
34, BAKER STREET W1
Statutory Address 1:
34, BAKER STREET W1

The scope of legal protection for listed buildings

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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Corrections and minor amendments

The scope of legal protection for listed buildings

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:
34, BAKER STREET W1

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:
Greater London Authority
District:
City of Westminster (London Borough)
Parish:
Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:
TQ 28082 81512

Details

TQ 2881 NW BAKER STREET
(east side)
1900/44/10176 No.34

GV II

Offices, shop and club, formerly house then house and shop. Circa 1790, one of a group of "second rate" terraced houses built by William Kendall, timber merchant and his partner, a carpenter named Christopher Wharton as a speculative development. It appears to have been built at the same time as no 36 Baker Street and 67 Blandford Street as it shares the same roofline. Built of stock brick with rubbed red brick headers, stone parapet and slate roof. Brick chimneystack to left. Four storeys: 3 windows. Third floor has square window openings with C20 casements, second floor has late Cl9 sashes without glazing bars, fast floor has tall openings adapted to pivoting top lights. C20 shopfront to ground floor with projecting gabled weather hood to right hand side. Rear elevation retains at least two original tripartite sashes and tall round-headed staircase window. Ground floor retains original moulded cornice with design of interlocking circles above suspended ceiling. Original open well type staircase with two stick balusters to each tread and mahogany handrail. The upper part of the staircase is set in an apse with rich modillion cornice lit by a tall sash window in rear wall with panelled shutters. First floor has reeded fireplace with paterae and anthemion frieze with cornice. Second floor has original fireplace with anthemion decoration to rear room and third floor has bolection moulded fireplace and original panelled partition.


Listing NGR: TQ2809281516

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:
469320
Legacy System:
LBS

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This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.

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