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CAMDEN TQ2982NE WOBURN WALK
798-1/89/1734 (South side)
10/06/54 Nos.4-18 (Even)
including Nos.4A, 6A, 8A, 10A, 12A,
14A, 16A, 18A
(Formerly Listed as:
WOBURN WALK
Nos.1-9 (odd), Nos.4-18 (even) incl.
4A, 6A, 8A, 10A, 12A, 14A, 16A, 18A) GV II* Terrace of 8 shops with accommodation over. c1822. Built by
Thomas Cubitt, restored late C20. Stucco with wooden
shopfronts.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys and cellars. 1 window each. Party walls of
upper floors articulated by narrow recessed bays. Wooden
shopfronts, much restored, with pilasters carrying continuous
entablature with anthemion and palmette ornament to
architrave; projecting, bracketed shop windows with rounded
angles and small panes flanked by panelled and half-glazed
doors with overlights. Upper floors have segmental-arched
windows having plain architraves studded with paterae; 1st
floor, 4 lights with cast-iron balconies, 2nd floor mostly
tripartite. No.4 1st floor window has a cast-iron trellis
verandah with tented roof. Parapets with plain bands, Nos 4,
10, 12 and 18 having shallow scrolled pediments above.
INTERIORS: not inspected.
HISTORICAL NOTE: Thomas Cubitt was responsible for the
development of the Bedford Estate north and east from Russell
Square. This architecturally coherent and well surviving group
of shopfronts, with Duke's Road (qqv) is an exceptional
composition. Listing NGR: TQ2989082520
Legacy
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Legacy System number:
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