8-15, Old Square and attached railings
8-15, Old Square, Lincoln's Inn
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1379314
- Date first listed:
- 14-May-1974
- List Entry Name:
- 8-15, Old Square and attached railings
- Statutory Address:
- 8-15, Old Square, Lincoln's Inn
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1379314
- Date first listed:
- 14-May-1974
- List Entry Name:
- 8-15, Old Square and attached railings
- Statutory Address 1:
- 8-15, Old Square, Lincoln's Inn
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:
- 8-15, Old Square, Lincoln's Inn
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 31039 81459
Details
This List entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 10/07/2018
TQ3081SE
798-1/106/1029
CAMDEN
LINCOLN'S INN (north-west side),
Old Square, Nos. 8-15 (consec) and attached railings
14/05/74
GV
II
Eight terraced chambers. Nos 8-10 1874 by Sir George Gilbert Scott, Nos.11-15 1878-86 by J. Oldrid Scott, all in Tudor style. Red brick with blue diapers and stone dressings. Slate roofs with tall decorative brick chimney pots, No.13 with a pyramid roof over one bay. Stone plinth moulding at ground floor level. Four storeys.
Entrances of square headed and moulded arch types, No.15 with lamp over, approached by steps with solid brick balustrades with moulded capping. Nos. 8-13 with moulded stone drip strings at floor levels. Square headed transom and mullion windows, Nos. 8-10 with cusped ogee tracery and cusped lancets, some forming bays. No.15 with enriched terracotta aprons to first, second and third floor windows. Those above the entrance with geometrical tracery. Nos. 8-11 with cornice at third floor with enriched band below. Embattled parapets with gables capped by finials. Lead rainwater heads and pipes.
INTERIORS: not inspected.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached cast-iron railings to areas.
Listing NGR: TQ3103981459
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 478690
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Cherry, B, Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: London North, (1998), 286-7
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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