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

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26585614

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