North House and Attached Garden Walls, Gate Piers and Gates
NORTH HOUSE AND ATTACHED GARDEN WALLS, GATE PIERS AND GATES, 69, ETON AVENUE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1342060
- Date first listed:
- 14-May-1974
- List Entry Name:
- North House and Attached Garden Walls, Gate Piers and Gates
- Statutory Address:
- NORTH HOUSE AND ATTACHED GARDEN WALLS, GATE PIERS AND GATES, 69, ETON AVENUE
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- Reference:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1342060
- Date first listed:
- 14-May-1974
- List Entry Name:
- North House and Attached Garden Walls, Gate Piers and Gates
- Statutory Address 1:
- NORTH HOUSE AND ATTACHED GARDEN WALLS, GATE PIERS AND GATES, 69, ETON AVENUE
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:
- NORTH HOUSE AND ATTACHED GARDEN WALLS, GATE PIERS AND GATES, 69, ETON AVENUE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Greater London Authority
- District:
- Camden (London Borough)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 26852 84386
Details
CAMDEN
TQ2684SE ETON AVENUE
798-1/61/410 (South side)
14/05/74 No.69
North House and attached garden
walls, gate piers and gates
GV II
Detached studio house. 1890. By Frederick Waller. For the
painter, the Hon John Collier. Red brick with terracotta
dressings and sill and floor bands. Slated hipped roofs with
projecting swept eaves having a moulded terracotta eaves
cornice, dormers and tall slab chimney-stacks.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys, attics and basements. Irregular
fenestration. Entrance to right with terracotta round arch
flanked by large enriched console brackets supporting a broken
pediment with cartouche; flanked by narrow round-arched
windows, 1 to left, 3 to right. Panelled door with stained
glass glazing. Above, stepped narrow windows with ogee heads,
stained glass and set in enriched terracotta panels articulate
the stairs, 3 to each floor; monograms in panels "EC" (Ethel
Collier), "JC" (John Collier) and date "1890". Left hand bays
project in stages with 3 cambered arch sashes to ground floor,
1st floor with large 3-light terracotta window encased by
pilasters supporting a cornice window head with elaborate
finials to slate penthouse roof; round-arched central light
and flanking swag frieze. Recessed 2nd floor has 5-light
transom and mullion window with paterae frieze surmounted by
elaborate 3-light dormer with shell pediment and finials,
inscribed 1890. To left, arcaded ground floor with subsidiary
entrance supports studio with glazed roof and 6 arcaded lights
on a stone base with carved panels.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached red brick garden wall with
slightly projecting base, gate piers with enriched terracotta
friezes to cross gable caps and panelled timber gates.
HISTORICAL NOTE: John Collier, portrait painter, successively
married 2 daughters of Thomas Huxley; Frederick Waller was the
husband of another Huxley daughter. Collier lived and worked
here until 1934.
Listing NGR: TQ2685284386
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 477211
- 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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