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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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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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