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Caretaker's Lodge

A Grade II Listed Building in City of London, London

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Latitude: 51.5149 / 51°30'53"N

Longitude: -0.1082 / 0°6'29"W

OS Eastings: 531367

OS Northings: 181253

OS Grid: TQ313812

Mapcode National: GBR MC.V3

Mapcode Global: VHGR0.25NZ

Plus Code: 9C3XGV7R+XP

Entry Name: Caretaker's Lodge

Listing Date: 15 August 1997

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1375274

English Heritage Legacy ID: 466159

ID on this website: 101375274

Location: Holborn, City of London, London, EC4A

County: London

District: City and County of the City of London

Electoral Ward/Division: Castle Baynard

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: City of London

Traditional County: Middlesex

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): City of London

Church of England Parish: St Bride Fleet Street

Church of England Diocese: London

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This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 28 June 2023 to correct a typo in the description and to reformat the text to current standards

TQ 3181 SW
627-0/4/10061

GOUGH SQUARE, EC4
No.16 (Caretaker's Lodge)

GV
II

Caretaker's Lodge. 1910-12 by Alfred Burr. Brown brick with red brick dressing in early eighteenth-century style. Steep slate roof. Two storeys.

North elevation: paired entrances on ground floor, paired windows with gauged flat window heads above, breaking through eaves into the roof and terminating in segmental pediment. Red brick dentilled cornice, red brick quoins on second storey above red brick band. East elevation: A pair of oeil-de-bouef windows on ground storey; single windows on first floor breaking through eaves, with segmental pediment above.

South elevation: paired windows at first floor level, breaking through roofline. Historical note: The lodge was built for the curator of Johnson's house at No 17 Gough Square. The house was acquired by Lord Harmsworth in 1911 and refurbished by Alfed Burr.

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