Description

ISLINGTON

TQ3082NE KING'S CROSS ROAD
635-1/67/543 (East side)
No.76
Police Station

GV II

Police Station. 1869-1870 by Thomas Charles Sorby, Surveyor to
the Metropolitan Police. Stock bricks with Portland and
Tilbury stone dressings to front elevation; projecting eaves
to roof, material obscured; prominent brick stacks to bearing
walls. Italianate style. Four storeys with basement and
one-storey Welsh-slate hipped roof block breaking forward
along the front right facade; 6-window range. Assymetrical
double-fronted with irregular end bays breaking forward and
4-window range centrepiece in recess. Steps rise to slightly
off-centre single-bay porch entrance with stone dressings, and
bracketed cornice surmounted by elaborate stone sculpture with
heraldic supporters, possibly of a later date. 6/6 sashes with
brick and stone surrounds throughout, windows becoming shorter
as they rise. Ornament in loose, almost brutal manner; stone
and brick sill bands to upper floors. Lavish brick cornice
beneath eaves. Built as Clerkenwell Police Station to replace
an earlier station of 1842 part of which appears to remain
attached to the Magistrates Court (q. v.).
(Historians File, English Heritage, London Division: 1990-).

Listing NGR: TQ3083182745

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q27080302

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Recommended Books

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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  For the Record
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)