Numbers 43, 44 and 45 and Attached Railings
NUMBERS 43, 44 AND 45 AND ATTACHED RAILINGS, 43, 44 AND 45, BLOOMSBURY SQUARE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1244456
- Date first listed:
- 24-Oct-1951
- List Entry Name:
- Numbers 43, 44 and 45 and Attached Railings
- Statutory Address:
- NUMBERS 43, 44 AND 45 AND ATTACHED RAILINGS, 43, 44 AND 45, BLOOMSBURY SQUARE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1244456
- Date first listed:
- 24-Oct-1951
- List Entry Name:
- Numbers 43, 44 and 45 and Attached Railings
- Statutory Address 1:
- NUMBERS 43, 44 AND 45 AND ATTACHED RAILINGS, 43, 44 AND 45, BLOOMSBURY SQUARE
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:
- NUMBERS 43, 44 AND 45 AND ATTACHED RAILINGS, 43, 44 AND 45, 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 30406 81618
Details
CAMDEN
TQ3081NW BLOOMSBURY SQUARE
798-1/100/105 (South side)
24/10/51 Nos.43, 44 AND 45
and attached railings
GV II
3 terraced houses. c1760, altered 1830-40. 4 storeys, attics
and basements. 3 windows each, No.45 with 4 window return (2
blind bays) to Southampton Place.
No.43: darkened brick. Slate roof with dormers. Stone
pedimented doorcase with engaged Ionic columns carrying
entablature; square-headed fanlight and panelled door.
Recessed sashes with architraves, 1st and 2nd floors with
enriched frieze and plain cornice. 1st floor continuous stone
balcony with cast-iron balustrade. Sill bands to 2nd and 3rd
floors. Stucco entablature with bracketed cornice and enriched
frieze. Cast-iron parapet. No.44: stucco fronted with
vermiculated rustications to flanking piers and ground floor.
Square-headed, recessed doorway with fanlight and panelled
door. Square-headed architraved sash windows, 1st floor with
Corinthian pilasters carrying entablatures and segmental
pediments, 2nd floor with cornices. Continuous cast-iron
balcony at 1st floor level. Band at 3rd floor level. Bracketed
cornice with stone balustraded parapet above and with dormers
behind. No.45: darkened brick. Slate roof with 2 dormers on
each facade, their windows architraved and forming part of the
stone balustraded parapet. Entrance in Southampton Place with
C19 stone door surround with segmental pediment on brackets.
Recessed sash windows with gauged flat brick arches, the first
floor with cast-iron balconies to each window. Stone band at
1st floor level. Bracketed cornice at 3rd floor level. Main
bracketed cornice below balustraded parapet.
INTERIORS: not inspected.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached C19 cast-iron railings to areas.
HISTORICAL NOTE: tablet on exterior commemorates the residence
of the Earls of Chesterfield.
Listing NGR: TQ3040981614
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 476735
- 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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