Description

TQ 3080 NW CITY OF WESTMINSTER MAIDEN LANE, WC2
72/72
No. 42

II

Commercial and works premises. Dated 1873 by S.J. Nicholl for Cox and Sons,
church furniture and stained glass manufacturers. Red brick with stone
dressings, slate roof. High Victorian Gothic with "flamboyant" details but
functionally designed for the buildings's purpose. 4 tall storeys and 2
tier attic. 2 major bays wide, that to left a double bay. Entrance in
single bay recessed up steps with ribbed "Tudor" surround and curved
corners to lintel, decorated spandrels. The double bay on ground floor has
a pair of large cast iron mullion and transom display windows. The 1st and
2nd floor windows are vertically grouped in slightly recessed panels with 3
light transomed pairs of casements to double bay and panelled and glazed
former hoist doors to single bay above entrance all with curve cornered
lintels and with the panels finished off and linked by stone flattened ogee
drip moulds and carved stops and finials. 3rd floor windows set in toothed
brick corbelled lintel panel. Arcaded corbelling to parapet with shed
lights to attic workshops flanked by 2 storey gabled stone and brick
dormers. Cast iron Gothic cresting rail over shed lights. Fine cast iron
Gothic rainwater head inscribed with date.

Listing NGR: TQ3036980790

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q27081650

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Recommended Books

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  For the Record
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)