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| English Heritage Reference: | 420060 |
|---|---|
| RBKC Reference: | 26/6 |
| Property: | 18 AND 19 KENSINGTON PALACE GARDENS 18 AND 19 |
| Street: | KENSINGTON PALACE GARDENS , W8 |
| Date: | 15/04/1969 |
| Grade: | II* |
| Grouped: | GV |
| Description: | Pair of large houses, 1845-47, by the office of (Sir) Charles Barry; R R Banks the probable designer. Stone, with rear elevation of brick and slate roofs. Two storeys over basement, five-bay central block with flanking belvedere towers of three storeys. Doric surrounds to ground-floor windows, first-floor windows with segmental pediments and flanking pilasters. Rusticated quoins to belvederes, which have garland friezes below the comice. Crowning modillion cornice with balustraded parapet and ball finials. Square corner terminals to belvederes. Interiors not inspected. Subsequent alterations include the following. Entrance porch, tower, conservatory and two-storey extension containing picture gallery and billiard room to rear of no. 18: 1870 by F and H Francis for Baron Julius de Reuter; single-storey study to rear of no. 19, 1857 by Barry and Banks; new porch and extension, with extensive and sumptuous internal decoration, 1884 by F W Porter. Source: Survey of London, vol. 37, Northern Kensington, pp. 179-180. |
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