St John’s House (former Pearl Assurance Building)

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SJ 3490 NE 49/1063

ST. JOHN'S LANE, L1, Nos. 2-4, St John’s House (former Pearl Assurance Building)

(Formerly listed as Nos. 7-12 (consecutive) (St. John's House))

GV II Office building. 1896-1898. Alfred Waterhouse for Pearl Assurance. Stone with granite ground floor, slate roof. Three storeys with attics, five bays to St. John's Lane, octagonal corner tower and three bays to Queen Square. Ground floor has round-arched openings with C20 shop fronts with original glazing bars over.

Cornice has entrance with cusped round-arched head and mosaic tympanum, flanking shafts with capitals. Round-headed entrance to left and traceried round-headed window to right. Pierced parapet with pinnacles and central traceried gable. First and second floor paired sashed windows without glazing bars with strings and carved panels between floors. Corner stair window. Corbelled frieze with tracery, and cornice over. Four dormers with tripartite sashed windows. Tracery in gables. Top stage of tower has windows of two round-headed lights under round-headed relieving arch pierced by a roundel. Panelled parapet with lettering "PEARL" on each face. Slate spire with lead cupola. End bay has round corner turret with moulded base dying into wall. Octagonal top has gallery with pierced balcony and segmental arches with windows behind, small spire with lead finial. Queen Square facade similar but with two tiers of windows in dormers and crocketed finials over. Five panelled stacks.

Listing NGR: SJ3480390618