Lowndes House
LOWNDES HOUSE, 1, CITY ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1298066
- Date first listed:
- 30-Sept-1994
- List Entry Name:
- Lowndes House
- Statutory Address:
- LOWNDES HOUSE, 1, CITY ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1298066
- Date first listed:
- 30-Sept-1994
- List Entry Name:
- Lowndes House
- Statutory Address 1:
- LOWNDES HOUSE, 1, CITY ROAD
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:
- LOWNDES HOUSE, 1, CITY ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Greater London Authority
- District:
- Islington (London Borough)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 32826 82118
Details
ISLINGTON
TQ3282SE CITY ROAD 635-1/76/246 (East side) No.1 Lowndes House
II
Office building. Early C20. Portland stone, roofs of slate. Seven storeys; the building occupies a wedge shaped site between City Road and Tabernacle Street, with a five-window range to the corner, six-window range to City Road, and eight-window range to Tabernacle Street; the five-window range forms a shallow bow in plan as far as the fifth floor; additionally, the three middle windows are stepped forward slightly to the ground floor, mezzanine and sixth floor, but recessed in the intervening floors, the curved entablature continued over the third floor and carried by two giant Corinthian columns with balustrading between. Base of grey polished granite with rusticated stone to the rest of the ground floor and mezzanine; ground-floor openings replaced, apart from keystones, in late C20; mezzanine windows flat-arched with scrolled and festooned keystones to City Road frontage, corner and first two bays of Tabernacle Street; on this floor and above the remaining six bays in Tabernacle Street are treated more plainly. Above the mezzanine, banded rustication is confined to the corner elevation and the left-hand bay in City Road; all upper windows flat-arched, those to City Road and first two bays of Tabernacle Street having architraves to first and second floors, and a panel above that flanked by fasces to all but north bay; entablature and modillion cornice; attic storey decorated with fasces to curved front; cornice and blocking course; at seventh-floor level there are segmental-arched dormers to City Road and first two bays in Tabernacle Street; the corner is treated as three temple fronts surmounted by a dome and lantern, those to the sides having flat-arched windows with keystones and festoons with open pediment over; that to the front having round-arched window with festooned architrave, scrolled keystone and oculus between the two pilasters supporting an open and broken pediment. The elevations of Lowndes House make particularly effective use of its corner site.
Listing NGR: TQ3282682118
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 368736
- 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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