King's Chambers
KING'S CHAMBERS, 3, ST CLEMENT'S LANE WC2
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1235528
- Date first listed:
- 01-Dec-1987
- List Entry Name:
- King's Chambers
- Statutory Address:
- KING'S CHAMBERS, 3, ST CLEMENT'S LANE WC2
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1235528
- Date first listed:
- 01-Dec-1987
- List Entry Name:
- King's Chambers
- Statutory Address 1:
- KING'S CHAMBERS, 3, ST CLEMENT'S LANE WC2
- Statutory Address 2:
- KING'S CHAMBERS, PORTUGAL STREET WC2
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:
- KING'S CHAMBERS, 3, ST CLEMENT'S LANE WC2
- Statutory Address:
- KING'S CHAMBERS, PORTUGAL STREET WC2
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Greater London Authority
- District:
- City of Westminster (London Borough)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 30753 81202
Details
TQ 3081 SE
60/6
CITY OF WESTMINSTER
ST CLEMENT'S LANE, WC2
No 3 (King's Chambers)
GV
II
Chambers. c1905 and stylistically close to H Fuller Clarke. Ceramic brick plain red brick, Portland stone and polished granite, slate roof. Original Edwardian Free Style design for offices.
Three storeys and attic storey. Six windows wide to St Clement's Lane and five windows wide to Portugal Street, the corner canted and developed as cupolared tower. St Clement's Lane front has secondary doorway to left set into ashlar wall face with drip mould-cornice and lay-light with glazing bars above; Two large office windows and a single window, flat stone mullions and transoms flush with ashlar wall, with glazed stall risers lighting basement. Main entrance, to centre of Portugal Street front, takes the form of a large round arched niche line in green mosaic with good Arts and Crafts/Art Nouveau lettering in gold: "KINGS CHAMBERS" on semi-dome; panelled and glazed door with fanlight follows curve of niche as do the curved plate glass side windows; the niche opening framed by very large broken segmental pediment rising from granite piers and encompassing centre light of tripartite, Ionic columned, first floor window. Two office windows flank entrance niche on ground floor with similar detailing to those on return. Upper floors and attic storey are flanked by through storey canted bay windows. The attic storey is faced in green ceramic brick and rises from bold stone cornice to secondary cornice with pediment in parapet. The corner splay of attic between canted bays has oculus and above the parapet the combination of canted bays and corner splay read as a "tower" crowned by lead cupola.
Interesting island block development of chambers with Nos 2 and 4 Portugal Street qv.
Listing NGR: TQ3074981201
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 426267
- 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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