Description

ISLINGTON

TQ3183NE ALMEIDA STREET
635-1/59/5 (South side)
29/09/72 Nos.1-4 (Consecutive)
and attached railings

GV II

Linked semi-detached houses. c.1840. Yellow brick set in
Flemish bond, stucco, roofs of Welsh and artificial slate.
Four storeys over basement, two-window range. The houses have
porches set back to the side, that to nos 1 and 4 enlarged to
three storeys, those to nos 2 and 3 single-storey and linked.
Steps up to round-arched entrance flanked by pilasters with
stepped capitals as on the Almeida Theatre (q.v.); the door
surround has cornice, archivolt and fanlight, with decorative
glazing to nos 1 and 4; the porch cornice has paired
modillions and blocking course. Ground floor stuccoed with
round-arched windows set in a recessed round-arched panel, the
panel having continuous impost strings and archivolt; sashes
with radial glazing bars to all but no. 1. All upper windows
flat-arched, those to first floor of piano nobile proportions
with stucco architrave and cornice, the inner ones having
consoles, and all having cast-iron balconies; second-floor
windows have stucco architraves; moulded eaves cornice and
parapet with balustraded panels; two dormers to each house in
mansard roof; stacks to party walls. Cast-iron area railings
with spearhead and ball-and-disc finials.

Listing NGR: TQ3163583994

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26585664

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Recommended Books

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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings