Description

CAMDEN

TQ2684SE ETON AVENUE
798-1/61/406 (South side)
25/09/95 No.59

GV II

Detached house. c1889. By Harry Measures; built by William
Willett & Son. Red brick ground floor; upper floors yellow
brick with red brick dressings and pilasters at angles;
terracotta enrichment. Tiled hipped and gabled roofs with
dormers and elaborate tall brick chimney-stacks with
projecting cornices. Asymmetrical design.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys, attics and semi-basement. Irregular
fenestration of 3 windows. Ground floor windows with small
pattern glazed top lights; upper floor sashes with patterned
glazing to upper halves only which also have glazing bars; all
with gauged brick flat arches and central keystones. Left hand
gabled bay with ground floor 5-light canted bay window
supporting a balustrade the moulding of which continues in 2
bands across the facade. Tripartite sashes to 1st and 2nd
floors with shaped aprons. 2nd floor terracotta swag enriched
frieze which continues across the facade. Gable has
round-arched window set in red brick band terminating with
flanking ball finials; terracotta coped eaves with steps an
pediment with ball finial. Slightly recessed central entrance
bay has cornice hood supported on a brick bracket, above which
a pedimented overlight with patterned glazing; part-glazed
panelled door with sidelights. Sashes to upper floors, 2nd
floor with pediment. Right hand bay with 3-light canted bay
window, having continuous bracketed sill, rising from the
semi-basement through the 1st floor to terminate with a
parapet to the 2nd floor sash. Pedimented gable.
INTERIOR: not inspected.

Listing NGR: TQ2694284408

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26347869

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Recommended Books

• 
  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)