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FORMER GRANT'S DEPARTMENT STORE

List Entry Summary

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.

Name: FORMER GRANT'S DEPARTMENT STORE

List entry Number: 1252987

Location

FORMER GRANT'S DEPARTMENT STORE, 14, 16 AND 18, HIGH STREET

The building may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County: Greater London Authority

District: Croydon

District Type: London Borough

Parish:

National Park: Not applicable to this List entry.

Grade: II

Date first listed: 16-Sep-1994

Date of most recent amendment: Not applicable to this List entry.

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Legacy System: LBS

UID: 436111

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List entry Description

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History

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Details

The following building shall be added:

TQ 3265 CROYDON HIGH STREET (west side) 1005-/9/10015 nos. 14, 16 and 18 (former Grant's Department Store)

GV II

Former department store. 1894 by Metcalfe and Jones for Grant Brothers. Four main storeys with attics above. Red brick with grey brick diapering and extensive stone dressings. Symmetrical seven-bay facade. Ground floor with modern shop front, fascia obscured. From it ascend semi-octagonal attached columns at ends and either side of central bay; similar columns define other bays but project from corbels. First floor has three pairs of windows with four-centred arches under flat stone entablatures which flank two narrow central windows with a decorative panel forming the initials 'GB'. In the band above, decorative lettering reads: 'MILLINERY/RIBBONS - LONDON HOUSE - LACE/GLOVES - SILKS/DRESSES - LONDON HOUSE - MANTLES/LINENS'. The bays above these windows are arranged 1-2-1 either side of projecting canted oriel, all with stone dressings. Cornice above third floor decorated with leaves and panels. The central oriel has a turret with ogee cap and octagonal pillars projecting above the parapet and supporting heraldic beasts. A further tower rises one storey higher behind, with an open decorated parapet.

Listing NGR: TQ3230865506

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National Grid Reference: TQ 32311 65499

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