Description

ISLINGTON

TQ3184SE UPPER STREET
635-1/53/875 (West side)
No.153
The Royal Mail P.H.

II

Public House. Presumably 1879. Brick, stucco and polished
granite, the roof obscured by parapet. Three storeys,
one-window range. Ground floor consists almost entirely of
wooden pub front set back between pilasters of marble and
polished granite, the set-back covered with late C20 tiles.
The wooden front consists of two pairs of doors flanking a
semi-circular bay in the form of an oriel window, the doors
panelled and glazed with a decorative arcade which runs across
the bay; the bay has scrolled cresting with palmette
ornaments; panelled toplights run across the whole front.
First and second floors framed by brick pilasters with simple
cornice to first and dentil cornice to second floor. First-and
second-floor windows flat-arched and tripartite, the parts
separated by columns. Stucco panels between the first- and
second-floor windows carry shields surrounded by foliage, the
shields inscribed with dates and monograms: 'AD
1631/RMT/HWC/AD1879'. Cornice with central pediment in front
of parapet.
Inside, the bar counter survives in whole or part, and parts
of the bar-back: wooden pilasters surporting embossed gilded
frieze and cornice, bracketed shelving and four panels of
engraved and faceted glass. However the original plan of small
partitioned bars and a long passage down the south side has
been lost.

Listing NGR: TQ3166684089

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26585480

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Recommended Books

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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas