6 1/2 AND 7, SUFFOLK STREET SW1
6 1/2 AND 7, SUFFOLK STREET SW1
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1237161
- Date first listed:
- 05-Feb-1970
- List Entry Name:
- 6 1/2 AND 7, SUFFOLK STREET SW1
- Statutory Address:
- 6 1/2 AND 7, SUFFOLK STREET SW1
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1237161
- Date first listed:
- 05-Feb-1970
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 01-Dec-1987
- List Entry Name:
- 6 1/2 AND 7, SUFFOLK STREET SW1
- Statutory Address 1:
- 6 1/2 AND 7, SUFFOLK STREET SW1
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:
- 6 1/2 AND 7, SUFFOLK STREET SW1
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 29823 80508
Details
TQ 2980 SE and NE CITY OF WESTMINSTER SUFFOLK STREET, SW1 71/102 Nos 6½ and 7 5.2.70 (formerly listed as the Society of British Artists and Gallery) G.V. II* Former institution and gallery, now offices. c1823 by John Nash with James Elmes. Stucco, slate roof. Graeco Roman. 3 storeys and attic storey. 3 windows wide. Advanced arcaded ground floor - podium supporting an imposing Roman Doric, giant, pedimented portico screening 2 storeys of architraved sash windows. Small square attic windows and crowning cornice and blocking course. Interior by Elmes and Nash much altered by office development behind facade but retaining gallery now as part of No 1 Hobhouse Court. The Society of British Artists was founded by James Elmes (father of Harvey Lonsdale Elmes of St George's Hall fame) in 1823 and he was the editor of Shepherd's "Metropolitan Improvements" etc. Important survival of Nash's street architecture in the Regent Street manner. Survey of London; Vol XX. John Nash; John Summerson Dictionary of British Architects; Howard Colvin
Listing NGR: TQ2982380508
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 428377
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Colvin, H M, A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840, (1978)
Summerson, J, The Life and Work of John Nash, (1980)
Survey of London in Trafalgar Square and neighbourhood The Parish of St Martin-in-the-Fields Part 3: Volume 20 , Vol. 20, (1979)
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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