39-47, SOUTH STREET W1
39-47, SOUTH STREET W1
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1264643
- Date first listed:
- 05-Feb-1970
- List Entry Name:
- 39-47, SOUTH STREET W1
- Statutory Address:
- 39-47, SOUTH STREET W1
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Images of England Project
- Date:
- 2001-03-30
- Reference:
- IOE01/03763/08
- Rights:
- © Mr Kieran Morris. Source: Historic England Archive
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1264643
- Date first listed:
- 05-Feb-1970
- List Entry Name:
- 39-47, SOUTH STREET W1
- Statutory Address 1:
- 39-47, SOUTH 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.
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:
- 39-47, SOUTH 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 28451 80492
Details
TQ 2880 SW and NW CITY OF WESTMINSTER SOUTH STREET, Wl 68/91 ;79/7 (North side) Nos.39 to 47(odd) 5.2.70 G.V. II Terraced houses. 1896-98 by J.J. Stevenson. Red brick with plenty of stone dressings and Westmorland slate roofs. The terrace is treated on the entrance front as if it were of 2 semi-detached pairs and a detached house due to the deep recessions giving light to the staircases whilst in plan the main rooms face St George's Gardens with a more restrained unified elevation. The fronts are a freely eclectic composition of Franco-Flemish and Jacobethan Queen Anne richly modelled, 3 storeys and basement with 2 tiers of dormers in steeply pitched pavilion roofs. 2 to 3 window wide fronts plus recesses. Nos. 39-41 and 43-45 have paired arched recessed porches to centre whilst No. 47 has similar doorway to right. Mullioned and transomed leaded casements in line with doorways and 4 storey stone mullioned oriels finished off with leaded turret roofs. The houses are linked at ground floor level and there is a stone semi-domed bay window to side of No.39. Pedimented dormers to 1st attic storey. Prominent party wall chimney stacks. Stone balconies to 1st floor. Wrought ironwork weathervanes to turrets. Ornate area railings and ball finialed brick piers. Rear elevation subdued Queen Anne with Venetian and bay windows and 1st floor balustraded balcony. Survey of London; Vol. XL.
Listing NGR: TQ2845180492
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 427337
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Survey of London in Survey of London - The Grosvenor Estate in Mayfair Part 2 The buildings: Volume 40 , Vol. 40, (1980)
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 20-Jun-2026 at 13:30:17.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.