Description

CAMDEN

TQ2685SE LYNDHURST TERRACE
798-1/38/1093 (West side)
30/09/83 Nos.1 AND 3
and attached boundary walls

II*

Pair of semi-detached houses. c1864-5. By John Burlison, aided
by Alfred Bell of Clayton and Bell, both stained-glass
manufacturers, for themselves; 1868 converted to one house and
interior Gothicised by Bell and Charles Buckridge; c1895
divided again. Yellow stock brick with red and white brick
dressings, bands and diaper decoration. Slated roofs with
dormers and tall brick slab chimney-stacks. Gothic style.
EXTERIOR: 2 and 3 storeys with attics and basement. Main front
irregular with 4-window centre (roof altered to make
additional attic storey) flanked by projecting gabled wings,
3-lights to left, 2 to right wing with lower lean-to storey,
behind which there is a 2-light gable with chimney and rising
roof. Left hand wing has 3-light 2-storey bay, with arcaded
brick balustrade, linking it to rectangular tower at angle
with pyramidal roof and corbelled oriel window on return. Most
windows are lancets, where multiple lights, with colonnettes
having carved capitals. Ground floor arcaded, forming porches
at angles.
Left hand return has circular tower with lancets and conical
roof; to left, a chimney breast rising through full height.
Rear, elevation with wide half-hipped bay having a large
projecting canted ground floor bay with arcaded brick
balustrade to provide a balcony.
INTERIOR: not inspected but noted that surviving interior
decoration is of fine quality, including fireplaces, stained
glass and a good surviving scheme of painted wall decoration.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached polychrome brick patterned walls
having gabled pointed arch gateways and small arcaded
openings; on left hand return to Lyndhurst Road, wall is
buttressed and stepped with a round-arched entrance. Leading
from gateway to porch of No.1, an inner wall with grouped
arcaded openings.
HISTORICAL NOTE: Burlison was Bell's father-in-law and, as
first built, the house contained residences for both families
with an internal door between. Burlison died in 1868 and
Bell's family took over the whole building naming it Bayford
House. Bell then employed Buckeridge to help produce a wildly
ornamented interior. After Bell's death in 1895 the house was
divided again.

Listing NGR: TQ2665485264

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17548918

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