8-15, Old Square and attached railings, Holborn and Covent Garden, London

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.5169 / 51°31'0"N

Longitude: -0.1128 / 0°6'46"W

OS Eastings: 531039

OS Northings: 181459

OS Grid: TQ310814

Mapcode National: GBR LB.TF

Mapcode Global: VHGR0.046H

Plus Code: 9C3XGV8P+PV

Entry Name: 8-15, Old Square and attached railings

Listing Date: 14 May 1974

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1379314

English Heritage Legacy ID: 478690

ID on this website: 101379314

Location: Holborn, Camden, London, WC2A

County: London

District: Camden

Electoral Ward/Division: Holborn and Covent Garden

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Camden

Traditional County: Middlesex

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London

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Description

This List entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 10/07/2018

TQ3081SE
798-1/106/1029

CAMDEN
LINCOLN'S INN (north-west side),
Old Square, Nos. 8-15 (consec) and attached railings

14/05/74

GV
II
Eight terraced chambers. Nos 8-10 1874 by Sir George Gilbert Scott, Nos.11-15 1878-86 by J. Oldrid Scott, all in Tudor style. Red brick with blue diapers and stone dressings. Slate roofs with tall decorative brick chimney pots, No.13 with a pyramid roof over one bay. Stone plinth moulding at ground floor level. Four storeys.

Entrances of square headed and moulded arch types, No.15 with lamp over, approached by steps with solid brick balustrades with moulded capping. Nos. 8-13 with moulded stone drip strings at floor levels. Square headed transom and mullion windows, Nos. 8-10 with cusped ogee tracery and cusped lancets, some forming bays. No.15 with enriched terracotta aprons to first, second and third floor windows. Those above the entrance with geometrical tracery. Nos. 8-11 with cornice at third floor with enriched band below. Embattled parapets with gables capped by finials. Lead rainwater heads and pipes.

INTERIORS: not inspected.

SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached cast-iron railings to areas.

Listing NGR: TQ3103981459

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