Numbers 131-137 and Attached Railings
NUMBERS 131-137 AND ATTACHED RAILINGS, 131-137, WHITFIELD STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1379191
- Date first listed:
- 14-May-1974
- List Entry Name:
- Numbers 131-137 and Attached Railings
- Statutory Address:
- NUMBERS 131-137 AND ATTACHED RAILINGS, 131-137, WHITFIELD STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1379191
- Date first listed:
- 14-May-1974
- List Entry Name:
- Numbers 131-137 and Attached Railings
- Statutory Address 1:
- NUMBERS 131-137 AND ATTACHED RAILINGS, 131-137, WHITFIELD STREET
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:
- NUMBERS 131-137 AND ATTACHED RAILINGS, 131-137, WHITFIELD STREET
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 29227 82148
Details
CAMDEN
TQ2982SW WHITFIELD STREET
798-1/93/1719 (West side)
14/05/74 Nos.131-137 (Odd)
and attached railings
GV II
Terrace of 4 houses and shops. Late C18, altered.
Multi-coloured stock brick with later patching.
EXTERIOR: 4 storeys and basements or cellars. 2 windows each.
Gauged brick flat arches to recessed sashes. Parapets.
No.131: wooden double shopfront, restored and altered, having
small panes to windows and central double part-glazed doors
and inswept frieze with modillion cornice. Square-headed house
door to right with fanlight and panelled door. SUBSIDIARY
FEATURES: attached cast-iron railings to areas.
No.133: round-arched doorway with radial fanlight. SUBSIDIARY
FEATURES: attached cast-iron railings to areas. Mostly rebuilt
late C20; included for group value.
No.135: wooden double shopfront with pilasters having palm
leaf capitals carrying entablature with dentil cornice.
Segmental bowed shopfront with panelled risers. Rectangular
fanlight with radial pattern to central shop doorway; house
doorway, to left, has 6-panelled door and overlight.
No.137: wooden double shopfront, restored and altered, having
C20 segmental-arched shop window glazing above original
panelled risers and original entablature with dentil cornice
and one remaining elaborate stucco console with winged human
mask and rosette stop above. Central shop doorway panelled and
part margin-glazed with overlight. House doorway with
overlight to left, now blocked but overlight originally with
cast-iron relief Classical lamp.
INTERIORS not inspected.
HISTORICAL NOTE: these houses and shops are, with Nos 159 and
161 Whitfield Street (qv), the only original buildings to
survive of a terraced street, all with early shopfronts,
associated with the former Fitzroy Market.
(Survey of London: Vol. XXI, Tottenham Court Road and
Neighbourhood, St Pancras III: London: -1949: 30-31).
Listing NGR: TQ2923182139
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 478558
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Survey of London in Survey of London - Tottenham Court Road and Neighbourhood St Pancras Part 3: Volume 21, (1949), 30,31
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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