Description

TQ 3380 NW
627-0/17/10071

LLOYD'S AVENUE, EC3
No.6 (Lloyd's Avenue House)

GV II

Offices. 1900-1914. Possibly designed by E.Colcutt and B. Emmanuel, who supervised the architecture on this street laid out in 1899. Stone. High hipped roof of slate, recently rebuilt. Four-storeys and two dormer floors over high basement. Five-window range. All windows flat arched unless otherwise noted. Elevation symmetrical about round-arched entrance set in distyle in antis Ionic porch, the spandrels carved with banners and acanthus; the whole topped by segmental pediment, tympanum filled by armorial crests. Plinth and high socles to ground floor. Ground-floor windows articulated by plain piers, the entablature stepping out over each pier to form an impost block. Ionic pilasters to first floor. Round-arched light to centre range, the spandrels carved as palm fronds; blind balustrade to second-floor centre window. All second- and third-floor windows are segmental arched with blocked architraves; plain pilasters strips to top floors. Sill band to third-floor windows. Projecting cornice steps out over the pilaster strips. Segmental pedimented dormer to centre range is either a recent addition or rebuilt to an original design; the same can be said of the pairs of pedimented dormers to either side. Stacks to party walls. Flat-arched openings with glazing bars in the form of a Venetian window. Swan-necked security bars of an original design. Included as part of the important and cohesive group of Edwardian buildings in Lloyd's Avenue.

Listing NGR: TQ3345980959

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q27086027

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Recommended Books

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  Nottinghamshire (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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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings