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… Day 1730. 3 Detailed information about the original leases has come to light for only eleven of the forty to forty-two … There is detailed information about another eleven (as has been mentioned above), and fragmentary or indirect … wide, while the corresponding house east of Greek Street has only five, although both appear to be of the same width. …
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… as his own residence. 259 The completion of Monmouth House has often been attributed to Thomas Archer's hand, but no documentary evidence to this effect has been found. It may, however, be noted that there was some …
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… south back room. 225 Architectural Description The house has a plain and, for its period, curiously old-fashioned … the second bay from the south in the Greek Street front, has a stone doorcase of far more sophisticated design than … the latter supported on carved consoles. The door itself has six raised-and-fielded panels in ovolo-moulded frames, …
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… What is known about the first building of a house here has been described above with No. 38. The first occupant was …
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… half of the eighteenth century and although divided still has four plain but impressive pedimented doorcases (Plate …
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… is of three storeys with another in a mansard roof and has the usual frontage of three windows to the square and a … two windows into Soho Street, beyond which the bay window has been crudely reconstructed and the north end of this … with an incomplete wrought-iron balustrade, part of which has been re-used for a small firstfloor balcony facing the …
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… of the house on this site and of its rebuilding in 17689 has been described above with that of No. 12. Lady Coney was … wooden staircase gives access to the floor above and this has a gallery to the main stair compartment, which is … balustrading, with panelled newels and twisted balusters, has been re-used above the staircase to the basement. As in …
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… 14 Soho Square The early history of the house on this site has been described above with that of No. 12. The first known …
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… the square was being first laid out. Its early history has been described above under No. 12. In 1691 the Countess … joinery remains in an altered state elsewhere. The hall has three-quarter-height panelling with raised mouldings and … The dog-legged staircase, of ample proportion, has typical heavy moulded strings and handrails with plain …
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… 16 Soho Square The early history of the house on this site has been described above with that of No. 12. Sir Halsewell … Johnson and Company. 95 The design of the front has some merit (Plate 71a). It is faced with buff-coloured …