159 AND 161, WHITFIELD STREET

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1379192
Date first listed:: 14-May-1974
List Entry Name:: 159 AND 161, WHITFIELD STREET
Statutory Address:: 159 AND 161, WHITFIELD STREET

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1379192
Date first listed:: 14-May-1974
List Entry Name:: 159 AND 161, WHITFIELD STREET
Statutory Address 1:: 159 AND 161, WHITFIELD STREET

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.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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.

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Location

Statutory Address:: 159 AND 161, 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 29187 82207

Details

CAMDEN

TQ2982SW WHITFIELD STREET 798-1/93/1720 (West side) 14/05/74 Nos.159 AND 161

GV II

Restaurant, offices and flats, formerly 2 terraced houses. Late C18, altered in late C20. Multi-coloured stock brick, patched, possibly following bomb damage; No.159 has slate roof, No.161 concrete tiles. 4 storeys and cellars. 2 windows each. Both have late C20 shopfronts with house doors to left. Upper floors with gauged red brick flat arches to recessed sashes. Many sashes late C20 replacements. Rear elevation of No.161 has 3 early C19 sashes with cambered head linings and narrow glazing bars and one later C19 sash. INTERIOR: No.161 has vaulted brick cellars, round-headed arch with bracket and wreath and spear design and dogleg staircase with stick balusters and column newels. No.159 has vaulted brick cellars and appears to have a similar staircase. The ground floor of No.161 and the basement of Nos 159 and 161 are linked with No.15 Warren Street (qv). Included for group value with a series of listed buildings in Warren Street. These buildings are, with Nos 131-137 Whitfield Street (qv), the only original buildings to survive of a terraced street, all formerly with early shopfronts, associated with the former Fitzroy Market.

Listing NGR: TQ2918382202

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Legacy System number:: 478559
Legacy System:: LBS

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This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.