Description

TQ 2980 NE CITY OF WESTMINSTER LISLE STREET, WC2
71/62
No 5: St John's Hospital
23.11.78 for Diseases of the Skin

G.V. II

Hospital. 1897 by Treadwell and Martin, built as the French Club. Painted
terracotta. Unusual Franco-Flemish Renaissance appropriate to original
use. storeys plus 2 attic storeys in gable. 5 windows wide. Rusticated
ground floor has central columned portal and side entrances with half
columns and obelisk finials, volute and strapwork crestings. Central 3
storey mullioned-transomed casement oriel with strapwork panelled aprons,
flanking mullioned windows paired on 3rd floor. Stepped attic lights in
ornate full width gable of 6 steps with side scrolls and crowning obelisk
finial. Acquired and adapted by St. John's Hospital 1934-35. Conspicuous
elevation from Leicester Square closing Leicester Street vista.

Survey of London; Vol. XXXIV.

Listing NGR: TQ2976180809

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q27083643

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