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Latitude: 51.5053 / 51°30'19"N
Longitude: -0.0843 / 0°5'3"W
OS Eastings: 533056
OS Northings: 180224
OS Grid: TQ330802
Mapcode National: GBR TG.7K
Mapcode Global: VHGR0.HFBD
Plus Code: 9C3XGW48+47
Entry Name: The Counting House
Listing Date: 13 May 1971
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1385968
English Heritage Legacy ID: 471388
ID on this website: 101385968
Location: The Borough, Southwark, London, SE1
County: London
District: Southwark
Electoral Ward/Division: Riverside
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Southwark
Traditional County: Surrey
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London
Church of England Parish: St Saviour with All Hallows Southwark
Church of England Diocese: Southwark
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SOUTHWARK
TQ3380 TOOLEY STREET
636-1/2/775 (North side)
13/05/71 Nos.51-67 (Odd)
The Counting House
GV II
Warehouse and offices, now offices, shops and flats. 1887,
restored and interior rebuilt C20. By Henry Stock of Snooke &
Stock. Yellow brick with brick cornice and parapet with
pediment over central bay. C20 parapeted attic extension.
EXTERIOR: 6 storeys (former ground- and 1st-floor levels now
combined as one tall storey to street containing walkway); 15
bays. Central slightly projecting bay with brick quoins; end
bays also project and have quoins and rusticated brickwork
forming voussoirs to round 5th-floor windows. Central doorway,
2 floors high in projecting rusticated section with voussoirs
and stone key. Arcaded walkway behind leads through to Counter
Street.
Giant round-headed arches to ground- and 1st-floor openings,
now all open. 2nd-5th floor windows in colossal round-arched
recesses resting on slightly projecting 1st floor, those to
2nd-4th floors segmental-headed, those to 5th floor
round-headed; all windows with gauged-brick arches. Narrower
windows to end bays; canted angles to similarly treated 4-bay
returns.
Counter Street elevation has wider pedimented central bay, and
recessed, partly stuccoed central 5 bay section.
The southern block of Hay's Wharf complex, formerly linked to
buildings north of Counter Street by 4-storey bridges; this
block was a later addition to the Hay's Wharf complex. By the
end of the C19 the proprietors controlled most of the river
frontage between London and Tower Bridges and much of the land
behind.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
Part of same complex as Hay's Galleria (qv) and has group
value with Nos 47 & 49 Tooley Street (qv).
Listing NGR: TQ3307680218
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