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Burberry's

A Grade II Listed Building in St James's, London

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.5091 / 51°30'32"N

Longitude: -0.1318 / 0°7'54"W

OS Eastings: 529744

OS Northings: 180564

OS Grid: TQ297805

Mapcode National: GBR GF.K6

Mapcode Global: VHGQZ.NBNG

Plus Code: 9C3XGV59+J7

Entry Name: Burberry's

Listing Date: 1 December 1987

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1066642

English Heritage Legacy ID: 210133

ID on this website: 101066642

Location: London, Westminster, London, SW1Y

County: London

District: City of Westminster

Electoral Ward/Division: St James's

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: City of Westminster

Traditional County: Middlesex

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London

Church of England Parish: St Martin-in-the-Fields

Church of England Diocese: London

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Description


TQ 2980 NE CITY OF WESTMINSTER HAYMARKET, SW1 71/95 Nos. 18 to 22 consec. GV (Burberry's) II Grand retail premises. 1912 by Walter Cave. Stone faced corner block with slate roof. Edwardian neo Mannerism detail but restrained by Beaux Arts balance of composition. 3 storeys and slate mansard. 5 windows wide with narrow staircase bay to left and return to Orange Street. Ground floor display windows (unaltered) and central entrance with double doors articulated by a mannerist order of Doric engaged columns supporting entablature. 1st and 2nd floors have giant order of French Ionic columns creating grand arcade with the 2nd floor windows as lunettes in the clean cut ashlar of the arches. Banded pilasters each end of the elevation. Modillion cornice with balustrade between enriched dormers. Ornate bracketed clock at 2nd floor level. Similar details to Orange Street return.

Listing NGR: TQ2974480564

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