The Milestone Hotel
THE MILESTONE HOTEL, 1, KENSINGTON COURT W8
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1227314
- Date first listed:
- 29-Jan-1988
- List Entry Name:
- The Milestone Hotel
- Statutory Address:
- THE MILESTONE HOTEL, 1, KENSINGTON COURT W8
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1227314
- Date first listed:
- 29-Jan-1988
- List Entry Name:
- The Milestone Hotel
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE MILESTONE HOTEL, 1, KENSINGTON COURT W8
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.
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.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- THE MILESTONE HOTEL, 1, KENSINGTON COURT W8
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Greater London Authority
- District:
- Kensington and Chelsea (London Borough)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 25959 79671
Details
KENSINGTON COURT W8 TQ 2579 NE No 1 31/101 (The Milestone Hotel)
II
Substantial house, forming part of terrace of houses . 1883-4. Designed by J J Stevenson. Flemish revival manner. Red brick; pink terracotta dressings. Roofless, owing to fire damage. 3 storeys plus roof storey. Irregular composition of 7 main bays wide. Square headed entrance to third bay from right in projecting porch with rusticated architrave and scrolled cartouch over, beneath cornice, segmental headed carriage entrance to left. Round headed windows to ground floor. Square headed windows above, those to first floor with terracotta architraves and scrolly pediments, those to third floor with moulded terracotta features above window heads. Architraves to attic windows 2-light casements (sashes to second and third floors ); plate glass, 3 bays to right above ground floor forming canted bay window. Left hand bay forming corner 'turret ', corbelled out at first floor level, with decorative terracotta top stage and lead covered ogee dome above. The width of the facade to the left of the turret divided between 2 - scrolly gables with oval window in the apex of each, both having decorative architraves cornice above second floor. 3 tall moulded chimneys.
Listing NGR: TQ2595979671
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 425031
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
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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