The Counting House
THE COUNTING HOUSE, 51-67, TOOLEY STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1385968
- Date first listed:
- 13-May-1971
- List Entry Name:
- The Counting House
- Statutory Address:
- THE COUNTING HOUSE, 51-67, TOOLEY STREET
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- Reference:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1385968
- Date first listed:
- 13-May-1971
- List Entry Name:
- The Counting House
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE COUNTING HOUSE, 51-67, TOOLEY STREET
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:
- THE COUNTING HOUSE, 51-67, TOOLEY STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Greater London Authority
- District:
- Southwark (London Borough)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 33056 80224
Details
SOUTHWARK
TQ3380 TOOLEY STREET 636-1/2/775 (North side) 13/05/71 Nos.51-67 (Odd) The Counting House
GV II
Warehouse and offices, now offices, shops and flats. 1887, restored and interior rebuilt C20. By Henry Stock of Snooke & Stock. Yellow brick with brick cornice and parapet with pediment over central bay. C20 parapeted attic extension. EXTERIOR: 6 storeys (former ground- and 1st-floor levels now combined as one tall storey to street containing walkway); 15 bays. Central slightly projecting bay with brick quoins; end bays also project and have quoins and rusticated brickwork forming voussoirs to round 5th-floor windows. Central doorway, 2 floors high in projecting rusticated section with voussoirs and stone key. Arcaded walkway behind leads through to Counter Street. Giant round-headed arches to ground- and 1st-floor openings, now all open. 2nd-5th floor windows in colossal round-arched recesses resting on slightly projecting 1st floor, those to 2nd-4th floors segmental-headed, those to 5th floor round-headed; all windows with gauged-brick arches. Narrower windows to end bays; canted angles to similarly treated 4-bay returns. Counter Street elevation has wider pedimented central bay, and recessed, partly stuccoed central 5 bay section. The southern block of Hay's Wharf complex, formerly linked to buildings north of Counter Street by 4-storey bridges; this block was a later addition to the Hay's Wharf complex. By the end of the C19 the proprietors controlled most of the river frontage between London and Tower Bridges and much of the land behind. INTERIOR: not inspected. Part of same complex as Hay's Galleria (qv) and has group value with Nos 47 & 49 Tooley Street (qv).
Listing NGR: TQ3307680218
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 471388
- 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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