57 and 58, Lincoln's Inn Fields
57 AND 58, LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS, LONDON, WC2A 3LJ
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1379332
- Date first listed:
- 24-Oct-1951
- List Entry Name:
- 57 and 58, Lincoln's Inn Fields
- Statutory Address:
- 57 AND 58, LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS, LONDON, WC2A 3LJ
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Images of England Project
- Date:
- 2000-08-23
- Reference:
- IOE01/02039/29
- Rights:
- © Mr Laurence Bentley. Source: Historic England Archive
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1379332
- Date first listed:
- 24-Oct-1951
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 11-Jan-1999
- List Entry Name:
- 57 and 58, Lincoln's Inn Fields
- Statutory Address 1:
- 57 AND 58, LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS, LONDON, WC2A 3LJ
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:
- 57 AND 58, LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS, LONDON, WC2A 3LJ
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 30657 81323
Details
798-1/106/1059
CAMDEN
LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS (West side)
Nos.57 AND 58
(Formerly Listed as: LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS Nos.57-60 (Consecutive))
24/10/51
GV
II*
House. c1730 by Henry Joynes. Later additions and alterations. Stone facade with heavy rusticated ground floor. Slated mansard roof with dormers.
Three storeys, attic and basement. Five windows. Semicircular porch with coupled Roman Doric columns in centre and 3/4 engaged columns at sides; an addition of 1795 probably by Sir John Soane. Double entrances form semi-circle and have fanlights and panelled doors. Iron balcony balustrade across first floor. Enriched architraves to windows; first floor with pulvinated frieze and pedimented cornice. Ionic pilasters through first and second floor between windows and on flanks, and enriched entablature with pulvinated frieze and modillion cornice. Balustraded parapet.
INTERIOR: square balusters to plain stone staircase.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: stone balustrades flanking entrance and around areas.
HISTORICAL NOTE: built as one house, divided into two by Sir John Soane, restored to one building c1909.
(Survey of London: Vol. III, St Giles-in-the-Field, part 1: Lincoln's Inn Fields: London: 1912: 108-109).
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 478711
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Survey of London in The Parish of St Giles-in-the-Fields Part 1 Lincoln's Inn Fields: Volume 3 , (1912), 108-109
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 09-Jun-2026 at 12:37:48.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.