London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Attached Walls and Railings
LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE AND ATTACHED WALLS AND RAILINGS, MALET STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1113106
- Date first listed:
- 09-Mar-1982
- List Entry Name:
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Attached Walls and Railings
- Statutory Address:
- LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE AND ATTACHED WALLS AND RAILINGS, MALET STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1113106
- Date first listed:
- 09-Mar-1982
- List Entry Name:
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Attached Walls and Railings
- Statutory Address 1:
- LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE AND ATTACHED WALLS AND RAILINGS, MALET 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:
- LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE AND ATTACHED WALLS AND RAILINGS, MALET 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 29810 81885
Details
CAMDEN
TQ2981NE MALET STREET
798-1/99/1100 (North side)
09/03/82 London School of Hygiene and
Tropical Medicine and attached walls
and railings
GV II
School of Medicine. 1926-8. By P Morley Horder and V Rees.
Steel frame construction, faced with Portland stone. Stripped
Classical style. Entrance block to Keppel Street, rest of
building laid out to the north in an H-plan.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys and attic. Keppel Street facade 11
windows, the end bays recessed. Return to Malet Street 23
windows, the left hand 3 bays projecting; return to Gower
Street 24 windows, the right hand 3 bays projecting. Main
entrance square headed and architraved with a central carving
of entwined serpents supporting a panel showing Aesculapius in
his chariot. Metal framed, square-headed casement windows,
those on ground and 1st floor architraved. Entrance block 1st
floor windows with metal balconies decorated with gilded
tropical insects. Frieze with names of eminent medical
scientists set between vestigial pilaster capitals with laurel
wreaths. Cornice and blind attic storey above (fenestrated on
returns). At the right-hand angle of the entrance block a
foundation stone laid by the Rt Hon Neville Chamberlain, 7
July 1926.
INTERIOR not inspected.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached stone walls, on returns with
plain railings of horizontal bands.
Listing NGR: TQ2981081885
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 477484
- 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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