Description

CAMDEN

TQ3081SE KINGSWAY
798-1/106/993 (East side)
14/05/74 Nos.40 AND 42
(Formerly Listed as:
KINGSWAY
Nos.40 AND 42
Redland House)

GV II

Office block. 1908-9. With facade and hall by Edwin Lutyens,
and plan by Pilditch and Company. Portland stone with
rusticated ground, 1st and 2nd floor. Modified Classical
style.
6 storeys and attic. Double fronted with 3 windows.
Square-headed ground floor openings flanked by
distyle-in-antis Greek Doric order pilasters rising through
ground and 1st floor. All windows casements with leaded panes
except the ground floor which has plate glass. Left hand
entrance with head on keystone; right entrance replaced by a
window. 2nd floor windows with vertically set sidelights.
Architraved 3rd and 4th floor windows. Entablature with
modillion cornice at 5th floor level. 5th floor windows with
voussoirs and flanked by enriched pilasters carrying secondary
cornice below balustraded parapet. Pediment flanked by
chimney-stacks.
INTERIOR: not inspected but noted to contain a vaulted hall.
HISTORICAL NOTE: built for William Robinson, proprietor of
'The Garden'.

Listing NGR: TQ3061281356

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q27086658

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Recommended Books

• 
  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings