42 Maiden Lane
42, Maiden Lane, WC2
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Overview
TQ 3080 NW
72/72
CITY OF WESTMINSTER
MAIDEN LANE, WC2
No. 42
II
Commercial and works premises. Dated 1873 by S.J. Nicholl for Cox and Sons, church furniture and stained glass manufacturers. Red brick with stone dressings, slate roof. High Victorian Gothic with "flamboyant" details but functionally designed for the buildings's purpose.
Four tall storeys and two tier attic. Two major bays wide, that to left a double bay. Entrance in single bay recessed up steps with ribbed "Tudor" surround and curved corners to lintel, decorated spandrels. The double bay on ground floor has a pair of large cast iron mullion and transom display windows. The first and second floor windows are vertically grouped in slightly recessed panels with three-light transomed pairs of casements to double bay and panelled and glazed former hoist doors to single bay above entrance all with curve cornered lintels and with the panels finished off and linked by stone flattened ogee drip moulds and carved stops and finials. Third floor windows set in toothed brick corbelled lintel panel. Arcaded corbelling to parapet with shed lights to attic workshops flanked by two storey gabled stone and brick dormers. Cast iron Gothic cresting rail over shed lights. Fine cast iron Gothic rainwater head inscribed with date.
There is a wall-mounted Grosvenor gas lantern to the Maiden Lane elevation with decorative scrollwork to the bracket.
Listing NGR: TQ3036980790
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1239044
- Date first listed:
- 01-Dec-1987
- List Entry Name:
- 42 Maiden Lane
- Statutory Address:
- 42, Maiden Lane, WC2
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1239044
- Date first listed:
- 01-Dec-1987
- List Entry Name:
- 42 Maiden Lane
- Statutory Address 1:
- 42, Maiden Lane, 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:
- 42, Maiden Lane, 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 30377 80793
Summary
This list entry was subject to a Minor Enhancement on 19 March 2025 to amend the description and reformat the text to current standards.
TQ 3080 NW
72/72
CITY OF WESTMINSTER
MAIDEN LANE, WC2
No. 42
II
Commercial and works premises. Dated 1873 by S.J. Nicholl for Cox and Sons, church furniture and stained glass manufacturers. Red brick with stone dressings, slate roof. High Victorian Gothic with "flamboyant" details but functionally designed for the buildings's purpose.
Four tall storeys and two tier attic. Two major bays wide, that to left a double bay. Entrance in single bay recessed up steps with ribbed "Tudor" surround and curved corners to lintel, decorated spandrels. The double bay on ground floor has a pair of large cast iron mullion and transom display windows. The first and second floor windows are vertically grouped in slightly recessed panels with three-light transomed pairs of casements to double bay and panelled and glazed former hoist doors to single bay above entrance all with curve cornered lintels and with the panels finished off and linked by stone flattened ogee drip moulds and carved stops and finials. Third floor windows set in toothed brick corbelled lintel panel. Arcaded corbelling to parapet with shed lights to attic workshops flanked by two storey gabled stone and brick dormers. Cast iron Gothic cresting rail over shed lights. Fine cast iron Gothic rainwater head inscribed with date.
There is a wall-mounted Grosvenor gas lantern to the Maiden Lane elevation with decorative scrollwork to the bracket.
Listing NGR: TQ3036980790
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Enhancement on 19 March 2025 to amend the description and reformat the text to current standards.
TQ 3080 NW
72/72
CITY OF WESTMINSTER
MAIDEN LANE, WC2
No. 42
II
Commercial and works premises. Dated 1873 by S.J. Nicholl for Cox and Sons, church furniture and stained glass manufacturers. Red brick with stone dressings, slate roof. High Victorian Gothic with "flamboyant" details but functionally designed for the buildings's purpose.
Four tall storeys and two tier attic. Two major bays wide, that to left a double bay. Entrance in single bay recessed up steps with ribbed "Tudor" surround and curved corners to lintel, decorated spandrels. The double bay on ground floor has a pair of large cast iron mullion and transom display windows. The first and second floor windows are vertically grouped in slightly recessed panels with three-light transomed pairs of casements to double bay and panelled and glazed former hoist doors to single bay above entrance all with curve cornered lintels and with the panels finished off and linked by stone flattened ogee drip moulds and carved stops and finials. Third floor windows set in toothed brick corbelled lintel panel. Arcaded corbelling to parapet with shed lights to attic workshops flanked by two storey gabled stone and brick dormers. Cast iron Gothic cresting rail over shed lights. Fine cast iron Gothic rainwater head inscribed with date.
There is a wall-mounted Grosvenor gas lantern to the Maiden Lane elevation with decorative scrollwork to the bracket.
Listing NGR: TQ3036980790
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 416682
- 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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