Description

ISLINGTON

TQ3182SE BRITTON STREET
635-1/74/97 (North East side)
29/09/72 No.54
and attached railings

GV II

Terraced house. 1720-1723. Developed by Simon Michell and
built by George Greaves. Multicoloured stock brick set in
Flemish bond, with dressings of gauged red brick, some yellow
brick to second floor, and render; roof obscured by parapet.
Four storeys over basement, three-window range. Basement
rendered. Round-arched entrance in left-hand bay with fluted
pilasters, ornate carved brackets, panelled frieze and flat
hood with panelled soffit; fanlight with carved foliage in
spandrels. The ground and first floors have flat-arched
windows with gauged brick heads and frames set almost flush
with the wall; storey bands of gauged brick; second-floor
windows segmental-arched with recessed frames; parapet; dormer
window running the full width of the house. Cast-iron railings
to area.
(Historians' file, English Heritage London Division).

Listing NGR: TQ3163982017

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q27084206

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