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Latitude: 51.5218 / 51°31'18"N
Longitude: -0.1041 / 0°6'14"W
OS Eastings: 531631
OS Northings: 182028
OS Grid: TQ316820
Mapcode National: GBR N8.SM
Mapcode Global: VHGR0.40TP
Plus Code: 9C3XGVCW+P9
Entry Name: 56 and Attached Railings
Listing Date: 29 September 1972
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1195483
English Heritage Legacy ID: 368589
ID on this website: 101195483
Location: Clerkenwell, Islington, London, EC1M
County: London
District: Islington
Electoral Ward/Division: Clerkenwell
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Islington
Traditional County: Middlesex
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London
Church of England Parish: St James Clerkenwell
Church of England Diocese: London
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ISLINGTON
TQ3182SE BRITTON STREET
635-1/74/99 (North East side)
29/09/72 No.56
and attached railings
GV II
Terraced house, now offices. Early C18, the front considerably
rebuilt. Yellow brick with red brick dressings, roof of Welsh
slate. Four storeys over basement, three-window range.
Basement rendered. Segmental-arched entrance in right-hand bay
with recessed panelled pilasters, cornice and panelled door of
original design. All windows flat-arched with frames set
almost flush with the wall, those to the first floor dropped
to be of piano nobile proportions and having early C19 iron
balconies with anthemion ornament. Storey band between first
and second floors; parapet; dormers in roof. Railings to area
with spike finials.
INTERIOR: Panelled entrance hall ending in fluted pilasters,
staircase with open string and turned balusters as far as the
second floor, then stick balusters; the panelling of the
staircase probably later. Ground floor front and back rooms
panelled, with eared chimneypieces and cast-iron grates;
first-floor front room has skirting, dado rail, decorative
cornice, and chimneypiece and cast-iron grate both of early
C19 design; second-floor front and back rooms panelled except
to the front wall; third-floor front room has a good cast-iron
and tiled fireplace of Art Nouveau design.
Listing NGR: TQ3163282029
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