Description

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

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q27082494

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