Description

ISLINGTON

TQ3182NW LLOYD SQUARE 635-1/68/597 (South side) 29/12/50 Nos.3-8; 8A; 9-11 (Consecutive) and attached railings (Formerly Listed as: LLOYD SQUARE (South side) Nos.3-12; 14-18; 20-29)

GV II

Terrace of villas. 1832. Eight fine semi-detached linked villas plus no. 8A, a single bay extension between nos. 8 & 9, and no. 11 an irregular extension to left of no. 10; on south side of square planned in 1828 and laid out in 1832 by John Booth, and his son, also John, Surveyors for the Lloyd Baker Estate; William Joseph Booth, another son, architect; nos. 8A, 9, 10 and 11 altered. Brown and gold stock brick set in Flemish bond with stucco dressings, and stucco pediment over each pair; artificial slate gabled and mansard roofs, others obscured by parapet; brick centre stacks. Restrained Greek Revival style. Side-hall entrance plan to outer linked bay of each house except nos. 8A and 11. Two-storeys with basement; 2 windows each (except no. 3 of 3 windows & nos. 8A & 11 1 window wide) including recessed 1-window entrance bay coupled as links. Low steps rise to deeply recessed stucco entrance (no. 3 irregular and with 2-storey extension) with antae supporting entablatures except nos. 8A (original door brought forward in-line with antae and with additional flanking wood-panelled pilasters and horizontal panel above overlight; original architrave survives behind although overlight and transom removed), 9 and 10 (only slightly recessed and without antae), and 11 (altered and irregular carriageway width recessed flagged forecourt flanked by coupled stucco pilasters carrying altered entablature with entrance to left approached on ground level). Architraved doorway except no. 3 (flanking fluted pilasters) with corniced-head and rectangular overlight (some decorative) with original 3-panelled doors and projecting animal head to centre panel except nos. 10 (C20 door) and 11 (pair of panelled and glazed doors C19). Architraved sashes throughout: ground-floor with predominantly 1/1 and 6/6 sashes (no. 3 4/4; nos. 9 & 10 3/3 with margin lights; no. 11 8/8); 1st floor 1/1, 2/2, and 3/3 sashes; 1st floor recessed balconied links with narrower doors or sashes. Wide stucco storey band between ground and 1st floors (nos. 9, 10 & 11 altered). Plain stucco band beneath pediments; stucco parapet with stucco coping or blocking course to 1st floor recessed link. Attached cast-iron railings with urn finials. (The Squares of Islington: Cosh, M: The Squares of Islington Part I: Finsbury and Clerkenwell: Islington: 1990-: 56-57).

Listing NGR: TQ3112682752

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