Covent Garden, King St, 42 - a photo on Flickriver

            Town mansion, 1716-17 and stylistically attributed to Thomas Archer; built for Admiral Lord Oxford; C.19 and early C.20 alterations, restored. 1980. Stone and brick stuccoed and painted, concealed roof. 3 storeys and attic storey, basement. 7 windows wide in rythm 2:3:2. Ground floor has reinstated 3 bay Corinthian pedestalled column porch in antis, 2 segmental arched and keystoned recessed sash windows to each of the flanking bays,the whole articulated by 4 rusticated piers carrying Composite fluted pilasters separating the 3 groups of segmental arched keystoned flanking windows and central elliptical arched ones with impost strings, on 1st and 2nd floors. The capitals of giant order surmounted by dosserets and the main cornice breaking forward over them; attic storey with cornice and C.19 iron vases flanking raised central section of parapet. The ground floor return to the Piazza arcade has an elaborate segmental pedimented and rusticated Mannerist doorway of 1877-80. Interior considerably altered but 1st floor level of stair compartment remains as Board Room with original woodwork and fine and elaborately moulded plaster work panels with figured roundels suspended from beribboned garlands and coved frieze to elaborated oval framed plasterwork ceiling; finely carved profiled term chimneypiece in west front room, door furniture, dadoes etc. to rear 1st floor rooms. The original staircase re-erected at South Walsham Hall, Norfolk.  EH Listing
   

Taken in: UK / England / Camden / Covent Garden (show map)

Taken on: March 14, 2020

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England

Grade II star listed building

London

Westminster

www.englishtowns.net

town mansion

EBB

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Sets appears in: • London, 2020 • City of Westminster more » • London's Best Buildings « less

Groups appears in: • (Officially) England's Best Buildings

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