Elms Lester Painting Rooms
ELMS LESTER PAINTING ROOMS, 1-5, FLITCROFT STREET
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1113013
- Date first listed:
- 10-Jun-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Elms Lester Painting Rooms
- Statutory Address:
- ELMS LESTER PAINTING ROOMS, 1-5, FLITCROFT STREET
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Images of England Project
- Date:
- 2004-08-14
- Reference:
- IOE01/13022/22
- Rights:
- © Miss Sylvia Gauthereau. Source: Historic England Archive
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1113013
- Date first listed:
- 10-Jun-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Elms Lester Painting Rooms
- Statutory Address 1:
- ELMS LESTER PAINTING ROOMS, 1-5, FLITCROFT STREET
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:
- ELMS LESTER PAINTING ROOMS, 1-5, FLITCROFT STREET
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:
- TQ 29942 81229
Details
CAMDEN
TQ2981SE FLITCROFT STREET
798-1/104/481 (East side)
10/06/88 Nos.1-5 (Consecutive)
Elms Lester Painting Rooms
GV II
Painting rooms for theatrical scenery. 1903-4. For Messrs W &
J Elms Lester. English bond yellow brick, with facade of red
brick; top-lit lantern, projecting above 1st floor level and
lighting painting rooms, has facing of glazed white brick.
Gabled, brick-coped Welsh slate roof; brick stacks.
EXTERIOR: 2-storey pedimented facade, with legend ELMS LESTERS
PAINTING ROOMS & STORES inscribed on tympanum of inner
pediment, which is set above row of colonnettes which rest on
cornice of main pediment. This cornice is broken by panelled
full-height loading doors to right and tall window with
glazing bars to left, the latter above a segmental-arched
2-light window with glazing bars. Pedimented facade to lantern
storey has moulded stone lintel above 2-light transomed
window. Right-side wall, of 2-storey, 3-window range has
concrete lintels over 2-light transomed windows, and loft door
above double doors to front: to rear of this range is lean-to
porch with 8-panelled double doors attached to large 3-storey
canted bay with plate-glass sashes.
INTERIOR: the centre of the building is occupied by the
painting frames, lit by the projecting lantern which has
cast-iron framework to glazing. The 1st floor painting area,
supported on a steel frame, gives access to four 50'x 30'
painting frames which run along the outer side walls and both
sides of the inner dividing screen wall. Each cast-iron frame
can be raised or lowered by electric winches. Each painting
room has a sink and studio stove and they are surrounded by
studios and artists' accommodation. The large entrance lobby
to the front has a hoist and trap doors, which facilitated the
exit of completed backcloths from the painting rooms, via the
full-height doors in the facade.
HISTORICAL NOTE: an important and complete survival of a
theatrical scene-painting workshop.
Listing NGR: TQ2994281229
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 477339
- 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.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 17-Jun-2026 at 03:53:37.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.