The Logs and Attached Wall and Archway
1, 2 AND 3, CANNON LANE
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1379149
- Date first listed:
- 14-May-1974
- List Entry Name:
- The Logs and Attached Wall and Archway
- Statutory Address:
- 1, 2 AND 3, CANNON LANE
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1379149
- Date first listed:
- 14-May-1974
- List Entry Name:
- The Logs and Attached Wall and Archway
- Statutory Address 1:
- 1, 2 AND 3, CANNON LANE
- Statutory Address 2:
- THE LOGS AND ATTACHED WALL AND ARCHWAY, 17-20, WELL 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:
- 1, 2 AND 3, CANNON LANE
- Statutory Address:
- THE LOGS AND ATTACHED WALL AND ARCHWAY, 17-20, WELL ROAD
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 26694 86185
Details
CAMDEN
TQ2686SE CANNON LANE
798-1/17/1690 Nos.1, 2 AND 3
14/05/74
II
See under: Nos.17-20 The Logs and attached wall and archway
WELL ROAD.
CAMDEN
TQ2686SE WELL ROAD
798-1/17/1690 (South West side)
14/05/74 Nos.17-20 (Consecutive)
The Logs and attached wall and
archway
II
Includes: Nos.1, 2 AND 3 CANNON LANE.
Large detached villa now subdivided. c1868. By JS Nightingale.
For Edward Gotto who added the wings each side c1876. Built by
Charles Till. 1951, divided into maisonettes. Yellow stock
brick with red brick and stone dressings and diaper work.
Hipped tiled and slated roofs with ornate projecting bracketed
eaves and tall, thin ornate chimney-stacks; tower with
truncated pyramidal roof (originally with cresting) and
round-arched dormer; elaborate masonry finials on corners.
Irregular plan. An eccentric mixture of Gothic, Italianate and
other styles. Mainly 2 storeys with 4 storey central tower.
Irregular fenestration. Entrances mostly altered. Ground floor
windows stone canted bays; upper floors round-arched.
Elaborate plaque with initials EG on north side of house.
INTERIOR: not inspected but some features noted to survive, eg
Minton tiles, serpentine and Plymouth rock. Interior of tower
with good oval staircase.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached stone capped brick garden wall
with dentil cornice (originally surmounted by cast-iron
cresting); gabled gateway to No.19 on Well Road with pointed
arch opening having keystone inscribed "Lion House" and carved
stone lion-like creatures, 2 to each side of gable; base of
gateway with paired inset colonnettes and enriched corbels;
panelled double doors.
HISTORICAL NOTE: Gotto was a successful civil engineer and
developer of land in this part of Hampstead.
Listing NGR: TQ2669486185
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 478515
- 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.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 04-Jun-2026 at 06:49:01.
Download a full scale map (PDF)© Crown copyright [and database rights] 2026. OS AC0000815036. All rights reserved. Ordnance Survey Licence number 100024900.© British Crown and SeaZone Solutions Limited 2026. All rights reserved. Licence number 102006.006.
End of official list entry