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18, St James's Square SW1

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

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.507 / 51°30'25"N

Longitude: -0.1363 / 0°8'10"W

OS Eastings: 529437

OS Northings: 180320

OS Grid: TQ294803

Mapcode National: GBR FF.KY

Mapcode Global: VHGQZ.LD92

Plus Code: 9C3XGV47+QF

Entry Name: 18, St James's Square SW1

Listing Date: 24 February 1958

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1235828

English Heritage Legacy ID: 426687

ID on this website: 101235828

Location: St James's, 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 James Piccadilly

Church of England Diocese: London

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Description


TQ 29980 SW CITY OF WESTMINSTER ST. JAMES'S SQUARE SW1 81/102 24.2.58 No 18 GV II Town house on corner site. 1846 refacing and alteration by Elger and Kelk of a 1725 town house. Stucco faced brick, slate roof. Ornate Italianate design. 4 storeys and basement. 4 windows wide and 3 window return to King Street with central entrance. Rusti- cated ground floor with vermiculated rustication to windows and vermiculated impost band linking bearded head keystones. 1st floor windows with balustraded balconies have architraves and unusual emphasis to 2nd floor where the similarly balconied windows have eared enriched architraves and segmental pediments. Small square attic floor windows in decorated frieze below prominent crowning cornice. Cornices separate each floor with rusticated quoining. The King Street return has slightly advanced broad central bay with large applied portico of clustered Doric columns, Venetian window on 1st floor behind balustraded balcony over portico, similar fenestration otherwise as on front to Square. The design is integrated with the terrace Nos 1A, lB, lC King Street, St James's q.v. by the same architects.

Listing NGR: TQ2943380313

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