5-13, MANSFIELD STREET W1
5-13, MANSFIELD STREET W1
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1273679
- Date first listed:
- 10-Sept-1954
- List Entry Name:
- 5-13, MANSFIELD STREET W1
- Statutory Address:
- 5-13, MANSFIELD STREET W1
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Official list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1273679
- Date first listed:
- 10-Sept-1954
- List Entry Name:
- 5-13, MANSFIELD STREET W1
- Statutory Address 1:
- 5-13, MANSFIELD 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:
- 5-13, MANSFIELD 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 28714 81648
Details
TQ 2881 NE CITY OF WESTMINSTER MANSFIELD STREET, W1 45/85 (west side)
10.9.54 Nos. 5 to 13 (odd)
G.V. II*
Large terraced "1st rate" town houses, 1770-75 by Robert and James Adam as speculative development for the Portland Estate. Stock brick with rusticated stucco ground floors (Adam patent); slate roofs concealed. Unified row of well proportioned astylar elevations distinguished by design of entrances. For No. 15 (a facsimile rebuild) see separate item. 4 storeys and basement (the top floor as attic storey). Broad 3-window wide fronts. Broad doorways adjoining to right and left of each pair; Nos. 5 and 7 and 13 and 15 with semicircular arched openings framing a Venetian window derived composition: panelled doors, side lights flanked by slender Ionic columns and pilaster jambs, entablatures (some enriched) and archivolted inner fanlight and delicately patterned radial glazing to outer overall fanlight; Nos. 9 and 11 have semicircular arched doorways with panelled doors and side lights flanked by Ionic pilasters and patterned fanlights, the whole framed by attached Ionic columns, friezes festooned over doorways and fluted over sidelights, crowning cornices. Recessed sashes (later small pane glazing bars to No, 13), under flat gauged arches to upper floors. Plat band finishing off stuccowork to 1st floor and 1st floor sill band (broken by windows at Nos. 5 to 11); main stucco cornice over 2nd floor and attic cornice and blocking course. Nos. 5, 7 and 9 have continuous delicate cast iron balconies across 1st floor, No. 11 has similar 1st floor window guards. Cast and wrought iron area railings with arrow heads and urn finials. Very fine interiors to all houses with stone geometrical wrought iron balustrade top lit staircases; delicate Adam plaster mouldings, probably by Joseph Rose who was head leaseholder and builder of No. 7; inlaid and statuary marble chimneypieces; mahogany doors etc. For the associated garden elevations of the mews buildings designed to be seen from the rear of these Mansfield Street houses, see Nos. 5 to 9 consec. Mansfield Mews. No. 13 was the residence of J.L. Pearson and the home and office of Sir Edwin Lutyens. Part of an exceptionally unified "1st rate" development with the Adams Nos. 16 to 22 (even) opposite and Nos. 61 and 63 New Cavendish Street q,v. by John Johnson closing the north vista.
Listing NGR: TQ2871481648
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 417451
- 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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