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148-154, St John Street

A Grade II Listed Building in Islington, London

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.5236 / 51°31'24"N

Longitude: -0.1023 / 0°6'8"W

OS Eastings: 531750

OS Northings: 182224

OS Grid: TQ317822

Mapcode National: GBR P8.50

Mapcode Global: VHGQT.5YRX

Plus Code: 9C3XGVFX+C3

Entry Name: 148-154, St John Street

Listing Date: 2 October 1990

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1195732

English Heritage Legacy ID: 369289

ID on this website: 101195732

Location: Clerkenwell, Islington, London, EC1V

County: London

District: Islington

Electoral Ward/Division: Bunhill

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Islington

Traditional County: Middlesex

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London

Church of England Parish: St James Clerkenwell

Church of England Diocese: London

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Description


ISLINGTON

TQ3182SE ST JOHN STREET 635-1/74/793 (East side) 02/10/90 Nos.148-154 (Even)

GV II

Brewery building. 1893 by Bradford and Sons. Sandstone, brick and terracotta, roof obscured by parapet. Three and four storeys, four-window range. Ground floor divided into four bays by sandstone Doric antae with C20 shop fronts between; cornice and sill band to first-floor windows apparently of reconstituted stone. The windows of the first and second floors are grouped in recessed panels under a shallow segmental arch, echoing the arrangement of The Canon Brewery Buildings (q.v.); first-floor windows of a broad, flat-arched industrial type divided by stone panelled mullions and having early C20 metal glazing; those of second floor flat-arched with mullions of sandstone and brick and similar glazing; panels of decorative terracotta between the first and second floors; the first floor lintels and second-floor sills are of stone, continued as bands in the brickwork; stone imposts to segmental arches at second-floor level; cornice of moulded brick; coped parapet; small third-floor extension under a pitched roof to northern end. (Historians' file, English Heritage London Division).

Listing NGR: TQ3175682226

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