Cardinals Wharf, and Railings at Door
CARDINALS WHARF, AND RAILINGS AT DOOR, 49, BANKSIDE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1376548
- Date first listed:
- 02-Mar-1950
- List Entry Name:
- Cardinals Wharf, and Railings at Door
- Statutory Address:
- CARDINALS WHARF, AND RAILINGS AT DOOR, 49, BANKSIDE
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Official list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1376548
- Date first listed:
- 02-Mar-1950
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 17-Sept-1998
- List Entry Name:
- Cardinals Wharf, and Railings at Door
- Statutory Address 1:
- CARDINALS WHARF, AND RAILINGS AT DOOR, 49, BANKSIDE
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:
- CARDINALS WHARF, AND RAILINGS AT DOOR, 49, BANKSIDE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Greater London Authority
- District:
- Southwark (London Borough)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 32118 80520
Details
SOUTHWARK
TQ3280 BANKSIDE 636-1/2/26 (South side) 02/03/50 No.49 Cardinal's Wharf, and railings at door (Formerly Listed as: BANKSIDE No.49 Cardinal's Wharf)
II
House. Late C17 or early C18 with earlier C19 alterations. Stucco front with high tiled roof with dormer behind parapet. 3 storeys and attic, 2 bays. Door to right with decorative square-headed light, moulded stucco architrave, and cornice on consoles with male and female coats of arms and crown above. Sash windows with glazing bars in moulded stucco architraves to all floors, those at ground and 1st floors with console bracketed cornices, and ground window with ornate wrought-iron grille. Plaque: "Here lived Sir Christopher Wren during the building of St Paul's Cathedral. Here also in 1502 Catherine Infanta of Castille and Aragon, afterwards first Queen of Henry VIII, took shelter on her first landing in London". INTERIOR: not inspected. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: short wrought-iron railing to right of door. There is no historical evidence to support the legend on the plaque, though a previous building on the site may have been referred to.
Listing NGR: TQ3211880520
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 470551
- 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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