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| English Heritage Reference: | 1226797 |
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| RBKC Reference: | 30/3 36/3 |
| Property: | 2-16 AND 20-28 (EVEN) STAFFORD TERRACE 2-28 (EXC 18) EVEN |
| Street: | STAFFORD TERRACE , W8 |
| Date: | 07/11/1984 |
| Grade: | II |
| Grouped: | GV |
| Description: | Summary of Building - Terrace of town houses, built 1868 by Joseph Gordon Davis. Reasons for Designation - Nos. 2-16 and 20-28 Stafford Terrace are listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons: Architectural interest: an imposing and little-altered terrace of large mid-Victorian town houses; Group value: with the identical facing terrace (Nos. 1-27) and also No. 18 Linley Sambourne House),which is separately listed at Grade II�. History - Stafford Terrace was built in 1868 by Joseph Gordon Davis, who developed much of the surrounding Phillimore Estate from the mid-1850s onwards. Details - MATERIALS: stock brick and stucco with slated mansard roofs. PLAN: one of two facing terraces of 14 houses, each of three main storeys plus basement and attic. Each house is of two unequal bays, with the staircase to the left and the principal rooms to the right. EXTERIOR: typical large mid-Victorian town houses, built in an Italianate style with much stucco trim to the street elevation. The houses are identical save for minor later modifications. Each as a raised entrance in the narrower left-hand bay, set within a porch with channelled rustication, Doric half-columns, dentil cornice and balustrade; the window above has a segmental pediment on scroll-brackets. To the right, a polygonal bay window � with similar rustication, cornices and balustrade � rises from the basement through to the first floor. The second-floor windows have simple architraves, and the fa�ade is crowned by a rich cornice (wave-scrolls and dentils) and balustrade. In the attic above are segmental-headed dormers. INTERIORS: not inspected. |
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