Description

ISLINGTON

TQ3284NW ALWYNE PLACE 635-1/47/8 (East side) 20/09/54 No.16

GV II

Terraced house. Late C17/early C18 and possibly earlier; early C19. Purplish and yellow brick set in Flemish bond with red brick dressings and stucco; roof of tiles so far as visible. Street front three storeys over basement, three bays wide and possibly a late C17 or early C18 refronting of an earlier building. Basement and ground floor stuccoed, the ground floor with banded rustication and two flat-arched windows with moulded architraves; band between floors. Windows to upper storeys have cambered arches of gauged red brick and frames set almost flush with outer face of wall; sash windows, the central first-floor sash a C20 replacement. Parapet. The entrance is set in a single-storey wing, possibly of C18 or early C19 date, but much reworked and connected with the front screen wall of no 14. INTERIOR: first-floor front room has a fine wooden fireplace with an eared architrave and mantelshelf, panelled dado, architrave to door and dentil cornice; first-floor back room has cornice and marble fireplace of C19 date with cast-iron grate; staircase with turned newels and stick balusters from the first half-landing up to the second floor; second-floor back room has wooden fireplace with mantelshelf of late C18 or C19 date.

Listing NGR: TQ3204584546

External Links

• Wikidata Q26490016

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