61, CAREY STREET WC2, 95, CHANCERY LANE WC2
61, CAREY STREET WC2
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1066310
- Date first listed:
- 31-Oct-1974
- Statutory Address:
- 61, CAREY STREET WC2
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1066310
- Date first listed:
- 31-Oct-1974
- Statutory Address 1:
- 61, CAREY STREET WC2
- Statutory Address 2:
- 95, CHANCERY LANE WC2
Location
- Statutory Address:
- 61, CAREY STREET WC2
- Statutory Address:
- 95, CHANCERY LANE WC2
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Greater London Authority
- District:
- Camden (London Borough)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ3110481283
Details
TQ 3181 SW CITY OF WESTMINSTER CHANCERY LANE, WC2
61/3
31.10.74 No. 95 (Including No. 61
Carey Street)
G.V. II
Bank. 1865 by F.W. Porter, built as the Union Bank of London. Portland
stone, slate roof. Stately, richly detailed High Renaissance design. 3
storeys, basement and dormered attic. 4 window wide frontage to Chancery
Lane, splayed corner entrance bay and 12-window wide front to Carey Street
with central and terminal advanced pavilions. Aediculed corner entrance.
3 storey loggia treatment to Chancery Lane with semicircular arched windows
contained within successive Tuscan, Ionic and Corinthian orders in coupled
columns. The Carey Street front has the same theme but with coupled
pilasters. Arcaded 1st floor windows. Terminal pavilions as loggias. The
central pavilion 2 storeyed with stone ball finials to cornice blocking
course. Heavy main cornice and entablature with semicircular, pedimented
dormers above. Fine heavy cast iron area railings. Original banking hall
with rich Renaissance detailing, largely intact.
Listing NGR: TTQ3110481283
The asset was previously listed twice also under List entry 1242925.This entry was removed from the List on 26 May 2017.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 209061
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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