Description

In the entry for 3/12 EAST CHURCHFIELD ROAD

W3
Goldsmiths' Almshouses
and railings fronting
road

The address shall be amended to read EAST CHURCHFIELD ROAD
W3
Goldsmiths' Almshouses
[Nos 1 to 20 (consec)]
and railings fronting
road

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In the entry for 3/12 EAST CHURCHFIELD ROAD
W3

Goldsmiths' Almhouses
and railings fronting
road

The address shall be amended to read EAST CHURCHFIELD ROAD
Goldmiths' Almshouses
[Nos 1 to 20 (consec)]
and railings fronting
road

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EAST CHURCHFIELD ROAD
1.
5010
W3
25.1.51 Goldsmiths' Almshouses
and railings fronting
- road
TQ 28 SW 3/12
II*
2.
1811. Charles Beazley architect. Three ranges of 2-storey buildings round
an open court with cast iron screen to 4th side. All of brown brick with
stucco central feature and south side elevations. Main central building
has 11:1:11 double hung sashes in reveals with sills and flat arches. Arched
doorways alternating with windows have 6 panel doors, bracketed hoods and
fanlights. Central projecting feature: channeled ground floor with semi-circular
porch with 2 Ionic columns, first floor, panels under flat roof with acroteria
at corners, recessed centre containing lunette under a hatchment and 2 staffs
of Mercury; pediment above with clock in tympanum. Side buildings, joined
to central range by curved walls, have 8 windows. South end elevations with
projecting porticos, each with 2 Ionic columns in antis set between arched
bays; cast iron railings and gates, 6 steps up. On the gable ends above these
porticos, rusticated stucco chimney stacks flanked by panels and carved stone
volutes with lion heads and swags; cornice pediments brocken by chimney stacks.
Two sections of cast iron railings to street frontage, arrow-headed with vases
on the main stanchions.

Listing NGR: TQ2080880339

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17550876

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Recommended Books

• 
  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
• 
  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
• 
  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
• 
  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)