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679/18/321
679/18/323

CLARE ROAD
No 57, Albany Club and two pairs of gate piers to forecourt, and Nos 35, 37 and 39, and Hope Hall Street, Nos 1-7

(Formerly listed as CLARE ROAD (East side), No. 39, ALBANY CLUB AND TWO PAIRS OF GATE PIERS TO FORECOURT, CLARE ROAD 37, 39, 41, 51, HOPE HALL STREET, 5-7 )
(Previously listed as: CLARE ROAD NUMBER 37 (SOUTHERN PORTION))
(Previously listed as: CLARE ROAD 39 AND 41 THE ALBANY CLUB)
(Previously listed as: HOPE HALL STREET 1-7)

03-NOV-54

II*
Mid/later C18. Substantial stone house with detached wings. Two storeys. Five windows, Modillion main cornice with wide pediment to slated roof. Four-columned, Doric entrance portico with pediment. Arched doorway and side lights. Venetian window above with corniced windows either side. Circular windows in tympanum. Addition to north connecting to wing. Plain south return with eaves to roof and iron escape stair. Rear elevation like front but with exposed, rusticated basement from which a branching stair has been removed. Large Venetian window to staircase and lunette in tympanum of pediment. Pair of long detached wings flanking house and enclosing forecourt. Two low storeys.
Modillion eaves-cornice with open pediments at front and back over large circular window with door below, both rusticated.

South wing (Nos 1 to 7, Hope Hall Street) has a number of blocked windows and new openings: rear altered.

North wing (now No 35 and 37) considerably altered especially at rear where it is unroofed. 2 pairs of low rusticated gate piers with enrichment. Interior has good stone staircase separated from hall by Doric colonnade. Decorated ceiling. South rear room of some interest (Corinthian colonnade etc) but rest more or less altered.

1-7 Clare Road (formerly 51 Hope Hall Street). South wing has a number of blocked windows and new openings: altered at rear.

No 57, Albany Club and two pairs of gate piers to forecourt, and Nos 35, 37 and 39, and Hope Hall Street, Nos 1-7

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