Description

ISLINGTON

TQ3185SE HIGHBURY CRESCENT
635-1/38/454 (North West side)
Nos.23 AND 24

GV II

Semi-detached houses, now offices. 1845-6. Developed by James
Goodbody and James Wagstaffe, and probably designed by
Wagstaffe. Brick, stucco and roof of slate. Two and three
storeys over basement, three windows each, with a central
blank window shared between the two. Half-basement and ground
floor stuccoed, the ground floor with banded rustication, the
whole width of the house articulated on the ground floor by
pilasters with entablature, triglyph frieze and modillion
cornice. Steps up to round-arched entrance with fanlight under
enclosed Doric porches with antae, triglyph frieze and
modillion cornice; ground-floor windows flat-arched;
first-floor windows round-arched to central bays with
Corinthian pilasters and archivolts, eared architraves to
outer bays, simple cornice to central bays but composite
modillion cornice to outer bays. Eared architraves to attic
with some original sashes, broad stucco string course to
parapet, simplified. Hipped roof, stack to party wall. The
outer bay of no 24 has been raised to three storeys.

Listing NGR: TQ3157285169

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26490191

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Recommended Books

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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas