Description

ISLINGTON

TQ3184SE CANONBURY SQUARE
635-1/53/190 (South side)
20/09/54 Nos.13-24 (Consecutive)
and attached railings
(Formerly Listed as:
CANONBURY SQUARE
Formerly listed as Nos 13, 14, 14a,
15, 15a & 15b, 16-24 (consec))

GV II

Terraced houses. 1821. Developed by Richard Laycock. Grey
brick set in Flemish bond, stucco, roofs of Welsh slate. Four
storeys above basement, two windows each. Nos 17-20 form a
centrepiece and are set forward slightly, as are nos 13-14 and
23-24. Basement and ground floor stuccoed, the ground floor
with channelled rustication. Steps up to round-arched entrance
with fluted or panelled pilasters supporting modillion cornice
on all up to no 21; nos 22-24 have fluted quarter-columns,
fanlights with decorative glazing and panelled doors of
original design. No 13 has single-storey side entrance.
Ground-floor windows round-arched, the sashes with
intersecting glazing bars, and margin-lights on all but nos 13
and 24. All upper windows flat-arched. The first-floor windows
have piano nobile proportions and 6/6 sashes, and on nos 13-16
and 21-24 are set in recessed round-arched panels with gauged
brick heads, the arcade linked by a moulded springing band.
Balconies to first-floor windows supported on brackets with
iron railings, some to individual windows, some shared.
Cornice above second floor, intact only on nos 13-14, 17-22.
On nos 17-20 the wall is carried up above cornice to form an
attic storey with stuccoed parapet; on all the rest, except no
24 which has no fourth storey, mansard roofs with dormers
behind parapets. Cast-iron railings to area. Evelyn Waugh
lived at no 17A from 1928-30.
(Historians' file, English Heritage London Division; Eric
Willatts: Streets with a story. The book of Islington: London:
1986-).

Listing NGR: TQ3186184430

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26585623

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)