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Latitude: 51.5188 / 51°31'7"N
Longitude: -0.1189 / 0°7'7"W
OS Eastings: 530616
OS Northings: 181665
OS Grid: TQ306816
Mapcode National: GBR K9.GQ
Mapcode Global: VHGQZ.W3J0
Plus Code: 9C3XGV9J+GF
Entry Name: Summit House and Attached Railings and Wall
Listing Date: 6 July 1981
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1245493
English Heritage Legacy ID: 477834
ID on this website: 101245493
Location: Holborn, Camden, London, WC1R
County: London
District: Camden
Electoral Ward/Division: Holborn and Covent Garden
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Camden
Traditional County: Middlesex
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London
Church of England Parish: Bloomsbury Way St George
Church of England Diocese: London
Tagged with: Architectural structure
CAMDEN
TQ3081NE RED LION SQUARE
798-1/101/1372 (South side)
06/07/81 Summit House and attached railings
and wall
GV II
Office block. 1925. By Westwood and Emberton. For Austin Reed.
Steel frame faced with deep yellow faience emphasising the
grid-like construction.
6 storeys with 3 storey stair bay to left. 8 window bays plus
stair bay. Return to Dane Street of 4 storeys 10 windows. Bays
articulated by plain faience cladding strips rising to a plain
blocking course. Recessed entrance with wood doors
incorporating 2 carved panels from the original doors, which
illustrated Austin Reed products - ties, collars, socks,
waistcoats etc, by Percy Metcalfe. One incorporates the letter
box with carved envelopes, the word "letters" and a lion, the
other a date panel carved with a lion. Metal-framed windows
with spandrel panels having geometric faience relief
decoration. The 3-storey bay with slightly protruding black
painted metal bay rising through the storeys with narrow
vertically set windows.
INTERIOR not inspected. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached
decorative iron railing of curved spikes on a stone wall
surrounding the area.
Listing NGR: TQ3061681665
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