Whitbread's Brewery Building, Next to the King's Head Public House
WHITBREAD'S BREWERY BUILDING, NEXT TO THE KING'S HEAD PUBLIC HOUSE, WHITECROSS STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1252353
- Date first listed:
- 10-Oct-1990
- List Entry Name:
- Whitbread's Brewery Building, Next to the King's Head Public House
- Statutory Address:
- WHITBREAD'S BREWERY BUILDING, NEXT TO THE KING'S HEAD PUBLIC HOUSE, WHITECROSS STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1252353
- Date first listed:
- 10-Oct-1990
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 07-Jun-1995
- List Entry Name:
- Whitbread's Brewery Building, Next to the King's Head Public House
- Statutory Address 1:
- WHITBREAD'S BREWERY BUILDING, NEXT TO THE KING'S HEAD PUBLIC HOUSE, WHITECROSS STREET
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:
- WHITBREAD'S BREWERY BUILDING, NEXT TO THE KING'S HEAD PUBLIC HOUSE, WHITECROSS STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Greater London Authority
- District:
- City and County of the City of London (London Borough)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 32457 81936
Details
WHITECROSS STREET TQ3281NW 635-1/78/902 (East side) 10/10/90 Whitbread's Brewery building, next to The King's Head public house
GV II
Brewery building. Dated 1904 over left-hand ground-floor opening. Red brick and granite, dressings of stone, roof of lead. Five storeys, five-window range. Granite base to ground floor with segmental-arched opening to left and four flat-arched windows; cornice. First and second floors framed by six giant Doric pilasters supporting bracketed dentil cornice with panelled frieze; the windows themselves originally flat-arched to first floor and round-arched to second under round arches with moulded stucco impost blocks and archivolts; except in the right-hand bay which has a scrolled bracket additionally below the impost block; three second-floor windows to left now flat-arched. Attic storey with flat-arched windows deeply recesed under cornice with engaged Doric antae between; late C20 lead-covered dormer runs the length of the roof between end gables; brewery chimney to south with stone band, panelled frieze and bracketed cornice.
Listing NGR: TQ3245781936
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 435351
- 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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