Description

George Smith, architect, 1838. Long symmetrical terrace with classical details; 2 storeys and attics over basement. Painted ashlar, channelled at ground; some stonecleaned. Paired Greek Doric porches to shallow advanced 3-storey centre and terminal pavilions. Steps oversailing basement to doors with pilastered reveals and fanlight; mostly with consoled cornices. Architraved windows to upper floors, corniced at 1st floor; consoled cornices at pavilions. Sash windows, plate-glass glazing. Continuous band course at ground and at 1st floor cills; eaves course; cornice. Partial roof balustrade with die pedestals; blocking course at pavilions. Axial stacks; octagonal flues set below ridge, plain above, slate roofs. Spearhead cast-iron railings to basement area; modern railings at either end.

5-bay flanks to Elderslie Street and Woodside Crescent similarly detailed. Nos 1 and 2 interiors modern and flank to No 1 (Woodside Crescent) rebuilt at least at ground floor; curved single-storey addition to rear; modern, pilastered. Former coach-house to rear of No

28; pedimented gable to Elderslie Street, public house in basement.

Statement of Interest

Part of Woodlands Hill A Group. No 17 has small wall plaque commemorating residence here of Joseph Lister, surgeon.

Recommended Books

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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)