Description

ISLINGTON

TQ3182SW SANS WALK 635-1/73/754 (North side) 29/09/72 School Keeper's House, Kingsway College Clerkenwell Centre (Formerly Listed as: SKINNER STREET (South side) Prison governor's house (now School Keeper's House))

GV II

Former chief warder's house of the Middlesex House of Detention, now school keeper's house; built into the wall at the south-west corner of the former prison yard. 1845-7. By William Moseley. Brick covered with stucco to school yard, brown brick set in English bond to rear, hipped roof of Welsh slate. Three storeys, two-window range to north. The west bay projects considerably. Segmental-arched entrance with panelled doorcase and fanlight; stucco storey band between ground and first floors and stucco sill bands to first and second floors. All windows flat-arched, those to the ground floor with chamfered reveals, those to upper floors with moulded architraves, and cornices to first floor. Two-storey bay to west wing. Moulded eaves cornice. Stacks at south-east and south-west corners. The rear, to Sans Walk and Clerkenwell Close, is a blank elevation of brick stepped slightly in at plinth level and between ground and first floors. (Historians' file, English Heritage London Division).

Listing NGR: TQ3149082298

External Links

• Wikidata Q26490320

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Recommended Books

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  For the Record
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)