Tanzanian High Commission - Stratford Place, London, UK
N 51° 30.886 W 000° 08.947
30U E 697805 N 5710924
This is the High Commission of the United Republic of Tanzania building just off Oxford Street.
Waymark Code: WMD7GH
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 12/01/2011
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Tanzania House is located in a cul-de-sac just seconds away from Oxford Street. The hours of opening are shown for the consular section.
The building, in a terrace, is Grade II listed and the entry reads:
"TQ 2881 SE CITY OF WESTMINSTER STRATFORD PLACE W1 56/82 10.9.54 Nos 2 to 7(consecutive) II GV Terrace houses. 1774 by Richard Edwin. Brown brick with stucco dressings, slate roofs. Three storeys basement and dormered mansard. Nos 2, 5, 6 and 7 are each of 3 windows wide, Nos 3 and 4 have 4 windows each. Semicircular archivolt arched windows and doorways with linking impost string course to ground floor, the openings of No 7 with vermiculated rustication and voussoirs in stone whilst Nos 3 and 4 have plain stucco facing. Revealed glazing bar sashes to upper floors articulated by giant order of Ionic pilasters supporting stucco entablature, pediment over No 4 and balustraded parapets to the flanking houses; sill bands to first and second floors. Wrought iron area railings. A symmetrical composition balancing the opposite side of this cul de sac approach to Stratford House."
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