Description

ISLINGTON

TQ3083SW BALFE STREET
635-1/62/52 (West side)
09/05/75 Nos.17 AND 17A
(Formerly Listed as:
BALFE STREET
Nos.5-17, 17A, 19-35 (Odd))

GV II

No 17 a terraced house altered to commercial premises.
Mid-C19. Yellow brick set in Flemish bond, stucco, roof
obscured by parapet. Three storeys over basement, three
window-range. Basement and ground floor decorated with banded
rustication; segmental-arched entrance with architrave,
keystone and panelled door of original design; flat-arched
window to ground floor with bracketed sill, architrave and
vestiges of ogee-patterned glazing bars; deep fascia with
bracketed stops; upper windows flat-arched with architraves
now much simplified and central pediment to first floor
missing; 6/6 sashes of original design; stuccoed entablature
and blocking course. To the right of no 17 is a stuccoed,
basket-arched carriage entrance, numbered 17A, with the
inscription 'WORKS & MILLS' and the date 1846; fluted impost
blocks; the two storeys over the arch now form part of nos
19-35 Balfe Street (q.v.).

Listing NGR: TQ3042483169

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26490034

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Recommended Books

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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version