Taplow House
Taplow House, Palissy Street, Boundary Estate
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1065106
- Date first listed:
- 27-Sept-1973
- List Entry Name:
- Taplow House
- Statutory Address:
- Taplow House, Palissy Street, Boundary Estate
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- Reference:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1065106
- Date first listed:
- 27-Sept-1973
- List Entry Name:
- Taplow House
- Statutory Address 1:
- Taplow House, Palissy Street, Boundary Estate
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- Taplow House, Palissy Street, Boundary Estate
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Greater London Authority
- District:
- Tower Hamlets (London Borough)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 33712 82598
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 21 January 2022 to correct street name in the last paragraph of description and to reformat text to current standards.
TQ 3382
8/89
BOUNDARY ESTATE
PALISSY STREET E2 (North Side)
Taplow House
GV
II
1899. Red brick with brown tiled bands and tiled corners to shoulder height. Pink and grey banded tiled surrounds to third floor windows. Mansard slate roof. Four storeys and dormers, sashes with glazing bars throughout, end and centre windows ground floor round arches, rest segmental arches. Eighteen bays. Ends, of two bays, and centre four bays advanced under stone coped gables with elaborate kneelers and pedimented feature as finial. First to third floor windows oriels with stuccoed base and stucco cornice above. Recessed five bay portions have heavy brick eaves modillion cornice with pilasters extending down to second floor sill height. Round brick arches above windows, blue brick ledge below recessed third floor windows
The Boundary Estate is an early LCC estate of advanced design for its period. It contains a variety of architectural details and its streets radiate from a central raised park in Arnold Circus. The entire estate forms a group. See the following streets; Arnold Circus E2, Boundary Street E2, Calvert Avenue E2, Camlet Street E2, Club Row E2, Hocker Street E2, Ligonier Street E2, Montclare Street E2, Naverre Street E2, Old Nichol Street E2, Palissy Street E2, Rochelle Street E2, Swanfield Street E2 and Virginia Street E2.
Listing NGR: TQ3373282608
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 206164
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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