Numbers 18-22 and Attached Railings and Attached Garden Wall and Railings to Number 22
NUMBERS 18-22 AND ATTACHED RAILINGS AND ATTACHED GARDEN WALL AND RAILINGS TO NUMBER 22, 18-22, BLOOMSBURY SQUARE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1244454
- Date first listed:
- 28-Feb-1969
- List Entry Name:
- Numbers 18-22 and Attached Railings and Attached Garden Wall and Railings to Number 22
- Statutory Address:
- NUMBERS 18-22 AND ATTACHED RAILINGS AND ATTACHED GARDEN WALL AND RAILINGS TO NUMBER 22, 18-22, BLOOMSBURY SQUARE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1244454
- Date first listed:
- 28-Feb-1969
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 11-Jan-1999
- List Entry Name:
- Numbers 18-22 and Attached Railings and Attached Garden Wall and Railings to Number 22
- Statutory Address 1:
- NUMBERS 18-22 AND ATTACHED RAILINGS AND ATTACHED GARDEN WALL AND RAILINGS TO NUMBER 22, 18-22, BLOOMSBURY SQUARE
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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:
- NUMBERS 18-22 AND ATTACHED RAILINGS AND ATTACHED GARDEN WALL AND RAILINGS TO NUMBER 22, 18-22, BLOOMSBURY SQUARE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Greater London Authority
- District:
- Camden (London Borough)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 30268 81716
Details
CAMDEN
TQ3081NW BLOOMSBURY SQUARE
798-1/100/97 (North side)
28/02/69 Nos.18-22 (Consecutive)
and attached railings & attached
garden wall and railings to No.22
(Formerly Listed as:
BLOOMSBURY SQUARE
Nos.18-22 AND 23-27 (Consecutive))
GV II
5 terraced houses. 1800-1805. Designed and built by James
Burton. Multi-coloured stock brick.
4 storeys and basements. 3 windows each, No.22 with 4-window
return (mostly blind) to Bedford Place. Round-headed entrances
in recesses with reeded pilaster jambs carrying cornice-heads;
fanlights (No.19 radial) and panelled doors. Gauged red brick
flat arches to recessed sash, and 1st floor casement, windows,
some with original glazing bars. Continuous 1st floor
cast-iron balconies, Nos 19 & 21 with tented verandah roofs on
cast-iron column supports. Continuous 3rd floor sill band.
Parapet.
INTERIORS: not inspected.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached cast-iron railings with urn
finials to areas. No.22 with attached garden wall to Bedford
Place return. Wall with square-headed stucco surround to
panelled wood door with reeded architrave with roundels. To
left of door, a glazed oculus with small leaded panes of
stained glass forming a pattern around the rim. Stone capping
to wall with cast-iron railings.
HISTORICAL NOTE: this terrace is on the site of Bedford House
(formerly Southampton House), demolished 1799.
Listing NGR: TQ3026281713
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 476733
- 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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