Pensioners' Court and Stable Court, the Charterhouse
PENSIONERS' COURT AND STABLE COURT, THE CHARTERHOUSE, CHARTERHOUSE SQUARE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1195528
- Date first listed:
- 29-Sept-1972
- List Entry Name:
- Pensioners' Court and Stable Court, the Charterhouse
- Statutory Address:
- PENSIONERS' COURT AND STABLE COURT, THE CHARTERHOUSE, CHARTERHOUSE SQUARE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1195528
- Date first listed:
- 29-Sept-1972
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 30-Sept-1994
- List Entry Name:
- Pensioners' Court and Stable Court, the Charterhouse
- Statutory Address 1:
- PENSIONERS' COURT AND STABLE COURT, THE CHARTERHOUSE, CHARTERHOUSE SQUARE
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:
- PENSIONERS' COURT AND STABLE COURT, THE CHARTERHOUSE, CHARTERHOUSE SQUARE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Greater London Authority
- District:
- Islington (London Borough)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 31861 82044
Details
ISLINGTON
TQ3182SE CHARTERHOUSE SQUARE 635-1/74/224 (North side) 29/09/72 Pensioners' Court and Stable Court, The Charterhouse (Formerly Listed as: CHARTERHOUSE SQUARE Pensioner's Court)
GV II
Almshouses, built as part of Sutton's Hospital in Charterhouse, 1826-40. By Edward Blore, and probably also Pilkington, Surveyor to the Charterhouse. Yellow brick in Flemish bond, with stone dressings, roof of Welsh slate. Two and three storeys, external south range of fourteen windows. The buildings originally consisted of the quadrangle to the north, and an open quadrangle to the south of similar depth, the east wing of which connected to the north range of Master's Court; these wings were shortened, after bombing, in the 1950s restoration of the Charterhouse by Seely and Paget, and are now of four-window range to the east and three-window range to the west. The south range has a slightly projecting entrance bay of three-window range, with two windows to the west of it, and nine windows to the east; segmental-arched carriage entrance; the ground floor originally an open arcade of five-centred arches but now blocked; first-floor windows flat-arched with chamfered mullions and hoodmoulds, three-light over the carriage arch, the rest two-light; moulded storey band; embattled parapet; octagonal embattled tower to entrance bay; octagonal corniced chimney shafts. Wings of three storeys, that to the east with an arcade of five-centred arches forming a cloister to ground floor; first- and second-floor windows flat-arched with two lights under hoodmoulds; storey bands; embattled parapet and octagonal chimney shafts; the west wing is similar but with a Tudor-arched doorway and flat-arched two-light windows to ground floor in place of arcade. In the north quadrangle, the south range is detailed as for its south side but it is of nine-window range with a central entrance; the west, north and east ranges appear to have had nine Tudor-arched entrances originally, that to the south-east corner now a window; this would give a double-fronted arrangement to each house, with flat-arched two-light windows under hoodmoulds to both floors; broad Tudor-arched carriage entrance to east and west range, matching that to south, narrow Tudor-arched passage entrance to north range, all three with panelled doors; moulded eaves rafters; stacks to ridge, the shafts gathered in groups of four with chamfered brickwork, brick cornice and stone coping. Two-storey, four-window range to north and west of north range, more simply detailed, known as Stable Court. (Information from the Master of Charterhouse, 1990.).
Listing NGR: TQ3186882098
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 368714
- 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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