Description

ISLINGTON

TQ3184NE COMPTON TERRACE 635-1/46/337 (East side) 29/09/72 Nos.17 AND 18 and attached railings (Formerly Listed as: COMPTON TERRACE Nos.12-18 (Consecutive))

GV II

Terraced houses. 1803-9. Developed by Henry or Jacob Leroux. Brick, stucco and roofs of slate. Three storeys over basement, three windows each with entrance bays to either side. Round-arched entrance to no 17 with reeded doorcase and panelled door of original design; two upper storeys of two-window range in the entrance wing which, by comparison with no 20, seem to have been added; entrance to no 18 round-arched, in two-storey single-bay wing. Ground-floor windows round-arched and set back under a round-arch with gauged brick head, linked by stucco springing band; stucco sill band to first floor. First- and second-floor windows flat-arched; cornice; round-arched dormers in mansard roof to no 17, stacks to party walls. Area railings with spearhead and urn finials. (Historians' file, English Heritage London Division).

Listing NGR: TQ3166384551

External Links

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