Description

ISLINGTON

TQ3181NE ST JOHN STREET 635-1/77/779 (East side) No.16

GV II

Industrial or commercial building. Late C19. Brick now painted set in Flemish bond with stucco dressings, roof obscured by parapet. Four storeys over basement, five-window range. Ground floor of four bays, altered, including a slightly broader works entry to right; fascia and cornice. Upper windows all flat-arched with moulded stucco architraves, those to the first floor having the conceit of architraves moulded as if to cross above the upper sash though they do not; overlight flanked by scrolled consoles supporting cornice; monogrammed cartouche above central window; moulded stucco storey band with paired consoles at either end; second and third floor have three windows only with moulded stucco architraves, those to the second floor having swags to inswept frieze and cornice; Ionic pilasters flank second and third floors supporting brackets to either side of plain frieze and cornice; parapet with central ornate pedimented panel with crossed keys in low relief; urns on pedestals to either end.

Listing NGR: TQ3181781851

External Links

• Wikidata Q27080330

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Recommended Books

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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)