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

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