Description

CAMDEN

TQ3081NW SOUTHAMPTON PLACE
798-1/100/1472 (West side)
24/10/51 Nos.14-22 (Consecutive)
and attached railings

GV II*

Terrace of 9 houses. c1758-63. Probably under the direction of
Henry Flitcroft. Nos 19, 20 & 21 altered mid C19. No.22 mid
C18 with C19 alterations. Darkened multi-colour stock brick
with a stone band at 1st floor level. Tiled mansard roofs with
dormers. 3 storeys, attics and basements. 3 windows each.
Gauged brick flat arches to recessed sash windows. Bracketed
cornice below parapets.
Nos 14-18: Nos 14, 15 and 16 with wooden doorcases with
engaged Doric columns carrying entablature and pediment. No.15
with triglyphs and dentil open pediment. Nos 17 and 18 with
round-arched doorways with patterned fanlights, sidelights and
panelled doors. No.16 with original lead rainwater head, with
lion mask, and pipe. INTERIORS: not inspected but noted to
retain good staircases, fireplaces and panelling, those of Nos
14, 15 and 17 being especially fine. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES:
attached cast-iron railings with torch flambe finials to
areas, No.17 with lamp-bracket overthrow.
No.19: mid C19 stucco front with rusticated ground floor and
archway to Barter Street. Facade flanked by rusticated Ionic
pilasters rising through 1st and 2nd floors carrying
entablature with bracketed cornice and balustraded parapet.
Original wooden C18 doorcase with attached Doric columns
carrying entablature with triglyphs, mutule pediment and
panelled reveals. Architraved sash windows with keystones; 1st
floor with pulvinated frieze and dentilled, pedimented
cornice. Balustraded balconies. INTERIOR: not inspected but
noted to retain staircase with turned balusters and twin
column newels and good C18 fireplace. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES:
attached C19 cast-iron railings to areas.
Nos 20 & 21: altered in C19. Yellow stock brick with stucco
ground floor. 4 storeys, attics and basements. 3 windows each.
Round-arched ground and 1st floor openings with moulded impost
bands and stucco archivolts to ground floor. Stone balcony
with heavy corbels and cast-iron balcony at 1st floor level.
Recessed sash windows. Stucco cornices at 3rd floor level.
Parapet with moulded stucco coping. INTERIOR: not inspected
but noted to retain a simple staircase with square balusters.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached cast-iron railings with
spearhead finials to areas.

No.22: mid C18, altered in C19. Multi-coloured stock brick and
stucco ground floor with band above. 4 storeys, attic and
basement. 3 windows. Wooden doorcase with enriched pilasters
carrying mutule cornice; panelled reveals, fanlight and
panelled door. Gauged brick flat arches to recessed sash
windows, the centre window of 1st floor in arched recess.
Parapet. INTERIOR: not inspected. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES:
attached cast-iron railings with urn finials to areas.
HISTORICAL NOTE: No.17 was the home of Henry Addington (Prime
Minister 1801) and Cardinal Newman (GLC plaque).

Listing NGR: TQ3038881578

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17548732

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