THE IRONMONGERS' STONE IN LEATHER GARDENS TO THE EAST OF ABBEY ROAD

THE IRONMONGERS' STONE IN LEATHER GARDENS TO THE EAST OF ABBEY ROAD, ABBEY ROAD

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1391894
Date first listed:: 02-Mar-2007
List Entry Name:: THE IRONMONGERS' STONE IN LEATHER GARDENS TO THE EAST OF ABBEY ROAD
Statutory Address:: THE IRONMONGERS' STONE IN LEATHER GARDENS TO THE EAST OF ABBEY ROAD, ABBEY ROAD

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1391894
Date first listed:: 02-Mar-2007
List Entry Name:: THE IRONMONGERS' STONE IN LEATHER GARDENS TO THE EAST OF ABBEY ROAD
Statutory Address 1:: THE IRONMONGERS' STONE IN LEATHER GARDENS TO THE EAST OF ABBEY ROAD, ABBEY ROAD

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.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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.

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Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:: THE IRONMONGERS' STONE IN LEATHER GARDENS TO THE EAST OF ABBEY ROAD, ABBEY ROAD

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:: Greater London Authority
District:: Newham (London Borough)
Parish:: Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:: TQ 39252 83593

Details

251/0/10077 ABBEY ROAD 02-MAR-07 The Ironmongers' Stone in Leather Gard ens to the East of Abbey Road

II Boundary stone C18. White stone resembling Portland stone.

DESCRIPTION: The stone is approximately 350mm square and 920mm high with a shallow pyramidal top. The Worshipful Company of Ironmongers' coat of arms is inscribed to the top of one side, and weathered inscription on the opposing side reads 'Th..m.... the extent of the Ironmongers Company Ground'.

HISTORY: The ground on which the stone stands was once called Barrowfield, an ancient plot associated with Stratford Langthorne Abbey (which lies to the west). In 1720 the land was purchased by Sir Gregory Page, Baronet of Greenwich and five years later he donated the southern end for the construction of a parish workhouse and market garden where the poor could work. The Worshipful Company of Ironmongers bought the land in c.1730, from part of the money left by one of its members, Thomas Betton, a wealthy merchant venturer. It is assumed that the stone, which bears the company's coat of arms, was erected to mark the extent of the site at about that time. The stone is within the original site, but may not be in its exact location.

SUMMARY OF IMPORTANCE: The special interest of the Ironmongers' stone relates to its survival within an area of land since the C18, which was subsequently leased to industrial companies that had a role in the development of London. Boundary stones are essentially ephemeral additions to a landscape, and in this case the stone still denotes the historical ownership of land which lasted over 200 years through its elaborate carving and inscription of the company's arms. For these reasons the Ironmongers' stone should be recognised for its distinctive form and composition, together with its historical connections and longevity of survival within the original site.

Legacy

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Legacy System number:: 502775
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.