Description

CAMDEN

TQ2685SW FROGNAL
798-1/37/520 (West side)
11/08/50 Nos.39 AND 39A

II

Detached studio house. 1885. By Norman Shaw. For Kate
Greenaway. Altered. Red brick, upper floors hung with
fishscale tiles. Slated roofs with tall slab chimney-stacks;
main elevation with large bargeboarded gable. 3 storeys 4
windows. Architraved doorway with bracketed hood and
part-glazed panelled door. Canted bay to left, at ground floor
level with transom and mullion lights having small panes; 1st
floor casements with small panes and penthouse roof. Central
band of 5 casements to 2nd floor under projecting
tile-hanging. Recessed bay to right with 4-light Venetian type
window at ground floor; 2nd floor with cornice supports timber
balustrading to balcony (which breaks forward into gabled bay)
in front of a large studio window set diagonally across the
bays to catch the north-eastern light.
INTERIORS: not inspected.
HISTORICAL NOTE: plaque on ground floor commemorating
residence of Kate Greenaway, illustrator of children's books,
1885-1901.

Listing NGR: TQ2617085359

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26406966

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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  For the Record
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)