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Latitude: 51.3836 / 51°23'0"N
Longitude: -0.0936 / 0°5'36"W
OS Eastings: 532760
OS Northings: 166671
OS Grid: TQ327666
Mapcode National: GBR GW.R2B
Mapcode Global: VHGRL.BHC6
Plus Code: 9C3X9WM4+CH
Entry Name: 237 and 239, Sydenham Road
Listing Date: 29 November 1994
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1252991
English Heritage Legacy ID: 436113
ID on this website: 101252991
Location: Selhurst, Croydon, London, CR0
County: London
District: Croydon
Electoral Ward/Division: Selhurst
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Croydon
Traditional County: Surrey
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London
Church of England Parish: Croydon St Michael and All Angels with St James
Church of England Diocese: Southwark
Tagged with: Building
The following building shall be added:
TQ 36 NW SYDENHAM ROAD
1005-/2/10020 Nos. 237 and 239
GV II
Semi-detached houses, now flats, c.1878 to the early patent concrete slab system pioneered by W
H Lascelles, builder, with assistance in design by Norman Shaw. Coloured concrete, brick, and
concrete tile-hanging stained to resemble clay. Tile roof with brick stacks. Deep plan, the
two-storey houses a mirror image of each other, with projecting wings to front and sides. All
windows casements, those to jettied first floor with lattice-pattern iron tracery. Entrances in side
wings under elaborate projecting doorcases with console brackets, pilasters and original doors.
Interiors not inspected. Also included in the listing is the original concrete front boundary wall to
no. 237.
Included as a remarkable survival of early concrete technology, designed with exceptional
architectural skill. This semi-detached pair form a strong group with the listed nos. 226 and 228
opposite, also built to the Lascelles system.
Sources:
R Norman Shaw, 'Sketches for Cottages', 1878
Andrew Saint, 'Richard Norman Shaw', 1976, pp.165-71.
Listing NGR: TQ3276066671
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