Description

CAMDEN

TQ2686SW ELM ROW
798-1/16/371 (North side)
11/08/50 No.3

GV II

Terraced house. c1720, refaced late C19 by the building firm
CB King Ltd. Red brick with bright red brick dressings. Late
C19 patterned tile mansard with 2 sashes. 3 storeys, attic and
basement. Double fronted with 5 windows. Doorcase with moulded
hood on carved consoles; doorway with C19 reeded surround,
square-headed patterned fanlight and half glazed door. Gauged
red brick segmental arches and dressings to slightly recessed
sashes with exposed boxing; central 1st floor window has
moulded brick architrave with fleur-de-lys keystone and
cornice. Plain brick bands at floor levels. Lead rainwater
head and pipe.
INTERIOR: not inspected but noted to retain panelling.
HISTORICAL NOTE: home (1879-80) of Sir Henry Cole, founder of
the Kensington Museum (now the Victoria & Albert) and postal
reformer.

Listing NGR: TQ2640186061

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26347740

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Recommended Books

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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)