Description

ISLINGTON

TQ3184NE COMPTON TERRACE
635-1/46/338 (East side)
29/09/72 Nos.19 AND 20
and attached railings
(Formerly Listed as:
COMPTON STREET
Nos.19-25 (Consecutive))

GV II

Terraced houses. 1803-9. Developed by Henry or Jacob Leroux.
Brick, stucco, roofs of slate. Three and four storeys over
basement, three -window range with entrance wings to either
side. No 19 has a two-storey entrance wing now partly altered
to accommodate a side entrance to Union Chapel; steps up to
round-arched entrance with moulded stucco architrave and
fanlight now blocked; segmental-arched window over. No 20 has
a single-storey entrance wing with steps up to a round-arched
entrance with reeded doorcase and panelled door of original
design. Ground-floor windows round-arched and recessed under a
round-arch with heads of gauged red brick and linked by stucco
springing bands; stucco storey band; upper windows
flat-arched, those to the first floor of no 19 shortened.
Parapet. Round-arched dormers in mansard roof to no 20. Stacks
to party walls. Rear elevations have first-floor cast-iron
balconies. Area railings with spearhead and urn finials.
(Historians' file, English Heritage London Division).

Listing NGR: TQ3166284604

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26581149

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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair