Description

ISLINGTON

TQ3264SW CANONBURY GROVE 635-1/54/139 (South East side) 29/09/72 Nos.13-22 (Consecutive) and attached railings (Formerly Listed as: CANONBURY GROVE, Canonbury Nos.13-29)

GV II

Terraced houses. c.1825. Developed by Richard Laycock. Yellow brick set in Flemish bond, stucco, roof of Welsh slate. Three storeys over basement, two windows each. The group shows signs of having been planned symmetrically, but many of the symmetries are now lost. No 13 has a shallow segmental bay to left; basement stuccoed and scored as ashlar; steps up to entrance with presumably original railings, flat-arched entrance with stucco architraves, pilasters, cornice on consoles, overlight and panelled door of original design. All windows flat-arched with stucco architraves and cornices on consoles. Upper-floor windows to entrance bay have 6/6 sashes, those to window bay 8/8 on first floor, 4/8 on second floor; parapet. Nos 14-16 have segmental-arched window to basement, steps up to entrance with presumably original railings; flat-arched entrance to no 14 with gauged brick head in projecting two-storey bay, cornice on consoles, overlight and panelled door of original design; entrance and ground-floor windows to nos 15 and 16 with gauged brick head set in a round-arched recessed panel with gauged brick head, entrance with simple doorcase, cornice and fanlight with decorative glazing, panelled door; windows with sashes with intersecting glazing bars. Stucco sill band to first floor which has flat-arched windows with gauged brick heads and 6/6 sashes. Stucco to parapet, dormer in mansard roof; party wall projects carrying stacks. Nos 17-21 have segmental-arched window to basement, steps up to entrance with presumably original or reinstated railings. All entrances and ground-floor windows, except entrance to no 21, round-arched with gauged brick heads, set within recessed round-arched panels also with gauged brick heads; simple doorcase and cornice, fanlight (with decorative glazing on no 19), panelled doors of original design; no 21 has flat-arched entrance in two-storey projecting bay with gauged brick heads, cornice on consoles, overlight with decorative glazing and panelled door; ground-floor windows to nos 20 and 21 have sashes with intersecting glazing bars; sill band to first floor on nos 18-21. All upper windows flat-arched with gauged brick heads and 6/6 sashes, first-floor windows on no 17 have dropped sills and iron balconies; iron balconies also to nos 18 and 19; stucco cornice which has lost its modelling on no 18; blocking course, stacks on party walls. No 22 has a shallow segmental bay to right, answering no 13, flat-arched window to basement, steps up to flat-arched entrance with gauged brick head, cornice on consoles, overlight with decorative glazing and panelled door of original design. Ground-floor window flat-arched with gauged brick head and cornice on consoles with 8/8 sashes. Sill band to first floor running on from nos 18-21, upper windows flat-arched with gauged brick heads, entrance bay 6/6 sashes, window bay 8/8 to first floor, 4/8 to second floor, parapet. (Historians' file, English Heritage London Division).

Listing NGR: TQ3211284333

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