539-541, LIVERPOOL ROAD

539-541, LIVERPOOL ROAD

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1207835
Date first listed:
25-Sept-1990
List Entry Name:
539-541, LIVERPOOL ROAD
Statutory Address:
539-541, LIVERPOOL ROAD
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1207835
Date first listed:
25-Sept-1990
List Entry Name:
539-541, LIVERPOOL ROAD
Statutory Address 1:
539-541, LIVERPOOL ROAD

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.

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Corrections and minor amendments

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.

Understanding list entries

Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:
539-541, LIVERPOOL ROAD

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 31080 85060

Details

ISLINGTON

TQ3185SW LIVERPOOL ROAD 635-1/37/581 (West side) 25/09/90 Nos.539-541 (Odd)

GV II

Terraced houses. Late C18. Yellow brick, stucco, roofs obscured by parapet. Three storeys over basement, two-window range. Basement stuccoed and only slightly below street level; ground floor of no. 541 also stuccoed with banded rustication. Steps up to flat-arched entrance with plain stucco architrave consisting of pilasters with plain entablature and minimal cornice, pilaster capitals missing on no 541. All windows flat-arched; no 539 has two windows to ground floor with heads of gauged red brick; no 541 has one window with moulded stucco architrave; windows to upper floors have gauged brick heads except to second floor of no 539; parapet, with much rebuilding; stacks to party walls. INTERIOR: : no 539 has a round arch between entrance hall and staircase with pilasters and archivolt; staircase with turned newels and stick balusters, altered on second flight between ground and first floors. Apart from this, only the top floor of nos 539-41 could be inspected and revealed no original features of interest.

Listing NGR: TQ3108085060

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:
369096
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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