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ISLINGTON

TQ3184NE COMPTON ROAD 635-1/46/333 (West side) 29/09/72 Nos.39-47,49-56,58 & 59 and attached railings (Formerly Listed as: COMPTON ROAD Nos.39-58, 59 & 60 (Consecutive) Northampton house)

GV II

Terraced houses, no 59 now offices. 1847-53. Developed by George Frasi and James Beaumont. Brick, stucco, roofs of slate. Three storeys over basement, two windows each, though some houses have been thrown into one with a common porch. The terrace is set out almost symmetrically with three ranges having a fourth storey in the attic and six windows to each range (nos 39-41, 49-50 and 58-9, though no 59 lacks an attic); in between are two ranges of twelve windows each. Flat-arched windows to all but attic storeys, which are round-arched. Stucco to half-basement and ground floor, that to ground floor being banded. Greek Doric prostyle porches with panelled doors and fanlights; cast-iron balustrades to sides; first-floor windows have cornices on consoles and cast-iron balconies the full length of the terrace; second-floor windows have architraves; cornice and blocking course to three-storey houses, the groups being divided by stops on consoles; secondary cornice to fourth-storey attics with blocking course. Windows to nos 39-47 have mainly margin lights; those to nos 49-50 are a mixture of margin lights and three-by-two sashes; nos 51-58 have mainly three-by-two sashes. No 39 has a two-storey entrance wing set back, ground floor stuccoed with pilasters flanking the entrance. No 59 is three-storeys over half-basement, with a two-bay extension to the terrace with return into St Paul's Road of three bays: ground floor and half-basement of channelled stucco, single-storey side entrance flanked by pilasters; simple architraves to first and second floors, string course between the two. Cast-iron railings to area between squat stuccoed piers, with fleur-de-lys finials. (Historians' file, English Heritage London Division).

Listing NGR: TQ3182584689

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