Description

ISLINGTON

TQ3184NE COMPTON ROAD
635-1/46/331 (West side)
Nos.22 AND 23

GV II

Semi-detached houses. 1847-53. Developed by George Frasi and
James Beaumont. Yellow brick set in Flemish bond, stucco, roof
of slate. Four storeys over basement, no 22 with three
windows, no 23 with two; the two houses divided by a recessed
panel one brick wide. Entrance in outer bay set back,
two-storey to no 22, single-storey to no 23, the stuccoed
porch having a round arch with archivolt, and round-arched
entrance with cornice and fanlight; cornice, blocking course
to no 23, upper storey with round-arched window with
architrave, cornice and blocking course to no 22. Basement
stuccoed, ground-floor windows round-arched with gauged brick
heads and set back under a stucco archivolt linked by
springing bands; stucco sill band to first floor; first- and
second-floor windows flat-arched with architraves, and cornice
on consoles to first floor; sashes of original design;
stuccoed enclosed eaves; attic window to gable in both
returns; the return to no 22 has a modillion cornice; stacks
to party walls.
(Historians' file, English Heritage London Division).

Listing NGR: TQ3189984529

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26490140

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