680, COMMERCIAL ROAD E14
680, COMMERCIAL ROAD E14
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1242221
- Date first listed:
- 01-Apr-1983
- List Entry Name:
- 680, COMMERCIAL ROAD E14
- Statutory Address:
- 680, COMMERCIAL ROAD E14
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1242221
- Date first listed:
- 01-Apr-1983
- List Entry Name:
- 680, COMMERCIAL ROAD E14
- Statutory Address 1:
- 680, COMMERCIAL ROAD E14
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:
- 680, COMMERCIAL ROAD E14
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Greater London Authority
- District:
- Tower Hamlets (London Borough)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 36894 81033
Details
COMMERCIAL ROAD E14 1. 4431 Limehouse TQ3681 17/11 No 680 II
2. Corner site with Beccles Street. Dated 1901 and built as the Passmore Edwards Sailors Palace. Niven and Wigglesworth: architects. A finely detailed neo Tudor Arts and Crafts design. The west wing has been rebuilt beyond the "gate house". Portland stone basement and ground floor, upper 3 floors of warm red brick with stone dressings and "pargeted" leaded panels. The "gate house" on the corner has octagonal turrets flanking a 3 storey oriel over the low arched entrance. Rich carving to the arch (with good Arts and Crafts lettering) and console tops and with a "figure head" keystone rising up to the oriel. The latter has mullioned transomed leaded lights. The 6 bay return way to Beccles street has segmental arcade of windows to ground floor, tripartite with leaded lights and thin panelled pilaster-mullions. The windows to upper floors are vertically linked as flat "oriels" with "pargeted" aprons, corbelled stone cornices over those on top floor; windows have 4 leaded, stone mullion-transom lights. The parapet finishing of this elevation has broad and short alternating shallow stone coped crenels. The basement area has simple Arts and Crafts iron railings.
Listing NGR: TQ3689781010
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 441616
- 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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