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517-523, Liverpool Road

A Grade II Listed Building in Islington, London

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.5488 / 51°32'55"N

Longitude: -0.1106 / 0°6'38"W

OS Eastings: 531102

OS Northings: 185012

OS Grid: TQ311850

Mapcode National: GBR GK.0SR

Mapcode Global: VHGQT.1BCK

Plus Code: 9C3XGVXQ+GQ

Entry Name: 517-523, Liverpool Road

Listing Date: 20 September 1954

Last Amended: 30 September 1994

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1195664

English Heritage Legacy ID: 369093

ID on this website: 101195664

Location: Lower Holloway, Islington, London, N7

County: London

District: Islington

Electoral Ward/Division: Holloway

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Islington

Traditional County: Middlesex

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London

Church of England Parish: St Mary Magdelene and St David Holloway

Church of England Diocese: London

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Description


ISLINGTON

TQ3185SW LIVERPOOL ROAD 635-1/37/578 (West side) 20/09/54 Nos.517-523 (Odd) (Formerly Listed as: LIVERPOOL ROAD No.517) (Formerly Listed as: LIVERPOOL ROAD No.519) (Formerly Listed as: LIVERPOOL ROAD No.521)

GV II

Terraced houses. Nos 517-521 mid-to-late-C18, no 523 early C19. Brown and yellow brick, roofs obscured by parapet. Three storeys over basement; nos 517-519 and 523 of two-window range, no 521 three-window range. Nos 517 and 519 have entrances from a raised walk and a stuccoed ground floor, decorated on no 519 with chamfered rustication: flat-arched entrances with pilasters supporting enriched frieze and pediment; no 521 has steps up to round-arched entrance with very complete wooden doorcase of Roman Doric engaged columns supporting entablature and open pediment with scrolled decoration to spandrels, and keystone; fanlight and panelled door of original design; no 523 has steps up to flat-arched entrance with plain stucco pilasters and cornice on consoles, overlight and panelled door of original design. Ground-floor windows flat-arched to nos 517-21, cambered to no 523; first-floor windows flat-arched, with heads of gauged red brick to nos 517-521; second-floor windows segmental-arched to no 517 and flat-arched to nos 519-523, rebuilt to nos 519 and 523; parapet; stacks to party walls. Nos 517 and 521 were listed on 18/2/70.

Listing NGR: TQ3110285012

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