Description

CAMDEN

TQ2685NE HAMPSTEAD HIGH STREET
798-1/27/758 (South side)
11/08/50 Nos.85 AND 86
Stanfield House and attached
railings
(Formerly Listed as:
HAMPSTEAD HIGH STREET
No.85
Stanfield House)

GV II*

Marked on OS map as Fourth Church of Christ Scientist.
Pair of semi-detached houses, now subdivided. c1730.
Northern house: brown brick with red brick dressings. Hipped
slated roof. 2 storeys 2 windows. Ground floor tripartite
French window. Gauged brick segmental arches to flush framed
sashes with exposed boxing. Parapet. INTERIOR: not inspected
but noted that ground floor altered 1885 for use as a public
library. Panelled rooms to 1st floor.
Southern house: brown brick with red brick dressings and plain
bands between storeys. Tiled roof. Cemented side wall to
Prince Arthur Road return. 3 storeys and semi-basement. 3
windows plus blind window to right. Wooden doorcase with
console-bracketed cornice, round-arched doorway with fanlight
and panelled door approached by steps with cast-iron railings.
Gauged brick segmental arches to flush framed sashes with
exposed boxing. Projecting wooden eaves cornice. INTERIOR: not
inspected but noted to retain panelled staircase and some
ground and 1st floor rooms with box cornices.
HISTORICAL NOTE: Stanfield House named after Clarkson
Stanfield RA, artist friend of Dickens, who lived here
1847-65. For the former Christian Science Church at the rear
of Stanfield House see No.2A Prince Arthur Road (qv).
(RCHME: London, Vol. II, West London: London: -1925: 42).

Listing NGR: TQ2654685619

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17548694

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Recommended Books

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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)