Carlisle House
CARLISLE HOUSE, 8 AND 10, SOUTHAMPTON ROW
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1378785
- Date first listed:
- 05-May-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Carlisle House
- Statutory Address:
- CARLISLE HOUSE, 8 AND 10, SOUTHAMPTON ROW
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1378785
- Date first listed:
- 05-May-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Carlisle House
- Statutory Address 1:
- CARLISLE HOUSE, 8 AND 10, SOUTHAMPTON ROW
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:
- CARLISLE HOUSE, 8 AND 10, SOUTHAMPTON ROW
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 30511 81598
Details
CAMDEN
TQ3081NE SOUTHAMPTON ROW
798-1/101/1478 (East side)
05/05/88 Nos.8 AND 10
Carlisle House
GV II
Hotel and offices, now office block and shop. 1905-6. By
Bradshaw Gass and Hope. Stone faced with steel frame. Steeply
pitched slated roof to eaves with 2 levels of dormers.
Freestanding to front and sides. Edwardian Baroque manner.
EXTERIOR: 6 storeys plus roof storeys at 2 levels. 5 bays with
corner turrets. Rusticated ground and first floors, above
ashlar faced. Main entrance on left hand corner; round-headed
with rusticated keystone and voussoirs, cartouche over and
broken segmental pediment. Square-headed windows except to 4th
floor where round-headed with heavy keys. Segmental pediments
to 1st floor centre windows and continuous cast-iron balcony.
Cornices above ground and first floors; main cornice above
fourth floor with subsidiary cornice to fifth floor. Giant
pilaster strips rising from second, through fourth floor.
Corner turrets corbelled out from first floor level rising to
copper covered domes. Turrets have irregular, narrow,
vertically set windows. Returns with broad segmental pediment
above 4th floor and tall pedimented gable above. Tall slab
chimneys.
INTERIOR: retains original staircase and panelling to first
floor.
HISTORICAL NOTE: an early example of a substantial building of
steel framed construction.
(The British Architect, 1 March 1907).
Listing NGR: TQ3051781603
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 478139
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
The British Architect in The British Architect: 1st March, (1907)
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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