Bruce House
BRUCE HOUSE, 122, DRURY LANE WC2
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1275722
- Date first listed:
- 14-Jan-1970
- List Entry Name:
- Bruce House
- Statutory Address:
- BRUCE HOUSE, 122, DRURY LANE WC2
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1275722
- Date first listed:
- 14-Jan-1970
- List Entry Name:
- Bruce House
- Statutory Address 1:
- BRUCE HOUSE, 122, DRURY LANE WC2
- Statutory Address 2:
- BRUCE HOUSE, KEMBLE 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:
- BRUCE HOUSE, 122, DRURY LANE WC2
- Statutory Address:
- BRUCE HOUSE, KEMBLE 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 30576 81120
Details
TQ 3081 SE CITY OF WESTMINSTER KEMBLE STREET, WC2 60/9 14.1.70 Bruce House G.V. II Large lodging house. 1907 by W E Riley for London County Council. Red brick with some glazed brown brick and rendering, slate roof. Humane, Arts and Crafts Free Georgian design for a charitable lodging house, incorporating a former dispensary. The large block extends between Drury Lane and Kean Street. Principally of 5 storeys and basement with attic dormers in mansard and mansard gables. Slight asymmetry in the grouping of the 20-bay Kemble Street front with right hand half advanced. Semicircular arched entrance off centre in 1st bay of advance, large semicircular arched ground floor windows. Upper floor windows take the form of narrow 2-light recessed sashes. The rendered facing is applied to the top floor beneath the eaves. 2 mansard gabled attics with dormers between. Return to Drury Lane ends with a staircase tower and 2-storeyed oriel beyond. Lower north wing with return to Kean Street, of 4 storeys, basement and mansard, same details. Good Arts and Crafts area railings of elongated design with ball finialed standards.
Listing NGR: TQ3057681120
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 411499
- 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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