Description

CAMDEN

TQ2887SW THE GROVE
798-1/5/1607 (West side)
10/06/54 No.4
and attached railings, wall and lamp

GV II*

Detached house. c1688 built by William Blake; some later
alterations. Red brick, heavily repointed, with plain brick
band at 1st floor level. Tiled roof with dormers and moulded
wooden eaves cornice. 2 storeys, attic and semi-basement. 4
windows. Wooden doorcase with shaped brackets to hood;
overlight and panelled door. Segmental arches to flush framed
sashes with exposed boxing.
INTERIOR: not inspected but noted to retain good original
panelling and staircase.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached cast-iron railings to areas.
Attached wrought-iron railings, possibly Edwardian replicas of
early to mid C18 type, on low brick wall to forecourt. Gateway
with lamp overthrow having Windsor type lantern.
HISTORICAL NOTE: this is the least altered of the six Blake
houses in The Grove.
(Survey of London: Vol. XVII, The Village of Highgate, Part I:
London: -1936: 77-94; RCHME: London, Vol. II, West London:
London: -1925: 90).

Listing NGR: TQ2817887276

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17548810

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
• 
  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
• 
  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
• 
  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)