St John's Hospital for Diseases of the Skin
St John's Hospital for Diseases of the Skin, 5, Lisle Street WC2
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1274847
- Date first listed:
- 23-Nov-1978
- List Entry Name:
- St John's Hospital for Diseases of the Skin
- Statutory Address:
- St John's Hospital for Diseases of the Skin, 5, Lisle Street WC2
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1274847
- Date first listed:
- 23-Nov-1978
- List Entry Name:
- St John's Hospital for Diseases of the Skin
- Statutory Address 1:
- St John's Hospital for Diseases of the Skin, 5, Lisle Street WC2
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:
- St John's Hospital for Diseases of the Skin, 5, Lisle Street WC2
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Greater London Authority
- District:
- City of Westminster (London Borough)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 29761 80809
Details
This list entry was subjected to a Minor Amendment on 21 March 2024 to amend architect details and reformat the text to current standards
TQ 2980 NE
71/62
CITY OF WESTMINSTER
LISLE STREET, WC2
No 5: St John's Hospital for Diseases of the Skin
23.11.78
G.V.
II
Hospital. 1897 by Frank T. Verity, built as the French Club. Painted terracotta. Unusual Franco-Flemish Renaissance appropriate to original use. storeys plus two attic storeys in gable. Five windows wide. Rusticated ground floor has central columned portal and side entrances with half columns and obelisk finials, volute and strapwork crestings. Central three storey mullioned-transomed casement oriel with strapwork panelled aprons, flanking mullioned windows paired on third floor. Stepped attic lights in ornate full width gable of six steps with side scrolls and crowning obelisk finial. Acquired and adapted by St. John's Hospital 1934-35. Conspicuous elevation from Leicester Square closing Leicester Street vista.
Survey of London; Vol. XXXIV.
Listing NGR: TQ2976180809
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 414022
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Survey of London in The Parish of St Anne Soho: Volumes 33 and 34 , Vol. 34, (1966)
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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