Kentish Town Sorting Office
KENTISH TOWN SORTING OFFICE, 30, LEIGHTON ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1379291
- Date first listed:
- 13-Feb-1995
- List Entry Name:
- Kentish Town Sorting Office
- Statutory Address:
- KENTISH TOWN SORTING OFFICE, 30, LEIGHTON ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1379291
- Date first listed:
- 13-Feb-1995
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 11-Jan-1999
- List Entry Name:
- Kentish Town Sorting Office
- Statutory Address 1:
- KENTISH TOWN SORTING OFFICE, 30, LEIGHTON 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:
- KENTISH TOWN SORTING OFFICE, 30, LEIGHTON 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 29169 85163
Details
CAMDEN
TQ2985SW LEIGHTON ROAD
798-1/43/1024 (South side)
13/02/95 No.30
Kentish Town Sorting Office
(Formerly Listed as:
LEIGHTON ROAD
No.30
(former Royal Mail sorting office -
incl. attached railings))
GV II
Royal Mail sorting office. Dated 1903. Red brick with stone
dressings. Hipped slated roof with central tall panelled brick
chimney-stack set above a segmental pediment and flanked by
brick pediments with ball finials above Diocletian windows
with keystones. Symmetrical design. Lower single storey facade
projects forward beneath the Diocletian windows to give a
segmental-arched entrance with pilasters having enriched
capitals and frieze inscribed "Postmens Office", above which a
pediment with carved royal coat of arms; original part-glazed
double doors. Left hand bay with 2 sashes, upper halves with
glazing bars; right hand bay with 3 smaller sashes, upper
halves with glazing bars. Both bays with brick parapets,
corresponding to doorway frieze, and having central segmental
headed plaques carved with royal GR monograms. Original
rainwater head and pipe to left hand bay.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
Listing NGR: TQ2916985163
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 478660
- 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.
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