Audley Mansions. Architect: J.T. Wimperis. 1884-86. 44 Mount Street, Mayfair, London W1. [Click on this image and those below to enlarge them.] Bradley and Pevsner's only comment on the building is that it is “tall and brickish,” but one could also apply their description of the style of a nearby building by this same speculator-architect as "go-anywhere" (542).
Left: Sculptural decoration on corner of building. Right: Chimneys surrounding Wimperis's elaborately decorated finish to the top of the building with its columns, shells, swags, curved side-windows, and an iron balcony.
Other buildings on Mount Street
- 4-5 Mount Street (Harold Ainsworth Peto and Sir Ernest George)
- 87 to 102 Mount Street, including 26-33 South Audley Street (Albert J. Bolton)
- 116 Mount Street (unknown architect)
- 117-121 Mount Street (James Trant Smith)
- 125-129 Mount Street (W. H. Powell)
- Presbytery of the Immaculate Conception Church (A.E. Purdie )
- The Connaught Hotel (Lewis Isaacs and H. L. Florence)
Photographs by Robert Freidus. Text, perspective correction, and formatting by George P. Landow. You may use this image without prior permission for any scholarly or educational purpose as long as you (1) credit the photographer and (2) link your document to this URL in a web document or cite the Victorian Web in a print one.]
Bibliography
Bradley, Simon, and Nikolaus Pevsner. London 6: Westminster. “The Buildings of England.” New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2003.
Last modified 23 October 2011