Description

SOUTHWARK

TQ3375NW CAMBERWELL GROVE
636-1/46/158 (East side)
Nos.191 AND 193
and attached railings

GV II

Pair of semi-detached houses. Mid C19. Stucco, once scored to
imitate ashlaring. Roof obscured by eaves and parapet.
Italianate style. The pair has a U-shaped plan, with the mouth
facing the street, and have, taken together a symmetrical
elevation.
EXTERIOR: each has entrance set in recess of a 2-window range
and having 2 storeys. To side, at the corner, a one-window
wide "tower" range of 3 storeys. All openings are flat-arched,
unless otherwise stated. Up stairs to broad entrance porch
common to both units. Entrances with overlights set at joins
with higher ranges; between is a pair of windows with flush
surrounds.
The ground-floor windows in the projecting end ranges are
tripartite with architraves. Storey band between basement and
ground floors, and between ground and 1st floors. All
1st-floor windows have a shallow surround and an entablature
with a frieze of plain medallions. In the wings, this
entablature forms spandrels for the 2nd-floor windows which
have flush surrounds. Entablature over 1st-floor windows of
recessed section.
The high towers have shallow-pitched, gable-facing roofs with
projecting eaves on all sides, a feature which, more than any
other, gives the pair the feel of buildings in the Italian
Campagna.
Stacks to returns and party wall. Sashes of original design:
Ground-floor tripartite windows with 4x4 and 2x2; to the side
of each entrance, 6x6; all upper-floor windows 6x6 rebuilt to
an original design; some original glazing bars on the returns.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: cast-iron railings to areas and stairs,
the latter being unusually elaborate.
Nos 187 & 189 (qv) are of identical design and form a group.

Listing NGR: TQ3322175975

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26658836

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Recommended Books

• 
  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
• 
  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
• 
  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
• 
  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)