Description

CAMDEN

TQ2982SE TAVISTOCK SQUARE
798-1/94/1595 (West side)
10/06/54 Nos.29-45 (Consecutive)
and attached railings. Connaught
Hall, University of London (36-45)

GV II*

Terrace of 17 houses. c1825-6. Designed by Lewis Vulliamy;
built by G Anstey and JA Frampton. Darkened stock brick with
stucco ground floors, Nos 29, 32, 35, 39, 43 and 45
rusticated. Slated roof, Nos 34-45 with C20 felted mansard and
dormers.
EXTERIOR: 4 storeys, attics and basements. 3 windows each.
Symmetrical facade, No.37 (centre house) slightly projecting
with 4 engaged Ionic columns rising through 1st and 2nd
floors; Nos 29, 31, 35, 39, 43 and 45 slightly project with
Ionic pilasters through the 1st and 2nd floors. All to support
the main entablature at 3rd floor level. Round-arched
entrances with pilaster-jambs carrying cornice-heads;
patterned fanlights and panelled doors. Doorways of Nos 36-40
and 42-44 converted for use as windows. Entrances to Nos 29
and 45 on the returns, No.45 with pilasters supporting a
cornice, No.29 with portico surmounted by a balustrade with
vases. Square-headed, recessed sashes to ground floors except
No.37 with round-arched ground floor windows. 1st floor
casements with cast-iron balconies. 2nd and 3rd floors with
gauged brick flat arches to recessed sashes, most with glazing
bars. Attic storey with pilaster strips above bays with
pilasters. Cornice above attic storey except Nos 35-39 with
balustraded parapets. The north return of No.29 continues the
entablature and pilaster treatment and forms a balanced
composition, linked by a low screen wall, with No.36 Gordon
Square (qv). The south return of No.45 continues the
entablature and pilaster treatment and is similarly linked by
a screen wall with No.53 Gordon Square (qv).
INTERIORS: not inspected.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached cast-iron railings with urn
finials to areas.
No.36 was listed on 14/05/74.
(Survey of London: Vol. XXI, Tottenham Court Road and
Neighbourhood, St Pancras III: London: -1949: 97-98).

Listing NGR: TQ2983282314

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Connaught Hall at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q5161326

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