Description

ISLINGTON

TQ3086SW MANOR GARDENS
635-1/21/614 (North side)
20/06/74 Nos.8 AND 9
(Formerly Listed as:
Nos.6-9)

GV II

Semi-detached houses, now part of health and community centre.
Early C19. Yellow brick set in Flemish bond, roofs of Welsh
slate. Three storeys over basement, three-window range. Steps
up to flat-arched entrance in the slightly recessed outer bay,
with stucco surround of pilasters but entablature now missing;
the doorcase has panelled pilasters with cornice, sidelights,
and overlight with decorative glazing, and panelled doors of
original design. All windows with gauged brick heads, those to
ground floor round-arched, those to first floor flat-arched;
6/6 sashes of original design to all windows except
westernmost first-floor, which is blank; ground-floor windows
with radiating glazing bars; boxed eaves; hipped roof with
dormers and stacks to party walls. These houses match nos 6-7
Manor Gardens (q.v.) and like them were used for the North
Islington School for Mothers from 1913.
The North Islington School for Mothers was founded in 1913 and
was a pioneering organisation in voluntary social work in the
borough.

Listing NGR: TQ3040886387

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26585550

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990