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159 and 161, Whitfield Street

A Grade II Listed Building in Bloomsbury, London

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.524 / 51°31'26"N

Longitude: -0.1392 / 0°8'21"W

OS Eastings: 529187

OS Northings: 182207

OS Grid: TQ291822

Mapcode National: GBR D7.XV

Mapcode Global: VHGQS.JYRK

Plus Code: 9C3XGVF6+J8

Entry Name: 159 and 161, Whitfield Street

Listing Date: 14 May 1974

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1379192

English Heritage Legacy ID: 478559

ID on this website: 101379192

Location: Fitzrovia, Camden, London, W1T

County: London

District: Camden

Electoral Ward/Division: Bloomsbury

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Camden

Traditional County: Middlesex

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London

Church of England Parish: All Souls Langham Place

Church of England Diocese: London

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Description



CAMDEN

TQ2982SW WHITFIELD STREET
798-1/93/1720 (West side)
14/05/74 Nos.159 AND 161

GV II

Restaurant, offices and flats, formerly 2 terraced houses.
Late C18, altered in late C20. Multi-coloured stock brick,
patched, possibly following bomb damage; No.159 has slate
roof, No.161 concrete tiles. 4 storeys and cellars. 2 windows
each. Both have late C20 shopfronts with house doors to left.
Upper floors with gauged red brick flat arches to recessed
sashes. Many sashes late C20 replacements. Rear elevation of
No.161 has 3 early C19 sashes with cambered head linings and
narrow glazing bars and one later C19 sash.
INTERIOR: No.161 has vaulted brick cellars, round-headed arch
with bracket and wreath and spear design and dogleg staircase
with stick balusters and column newels. No.159 has vaulted
brick cellars and appears to have a similar staircase. The
ground floor of No.161 and the basement of Nos 159 and 161 are
linked with No.15 Warren Street (qv).
Included for group value with a series of listed buildings in
Warren Street. These buildings are, with Nos 131-137 Whitfield
Street (qv), the only original buildings to survive of a
terraced street, all formerly with early shopfronts,
associated with the former Fitzroy Market.


Listing NGR: TQ2918382202

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