Numbers 18-22 And Attached Railings And Attached Garden Wall And Railings To Number 22

CAMDEN

TQ3081NW BLOOMSBURY SQUARE 798-1/100/97 (North side) 28/02/69 Nos.18-22 (Consecutive) and attached railings & attached garden wall and railings to No.22 (Formerly Listed as: BLOOMSBURY SQUARE Nos.18-22 AND 23-27 (Consecutive))

GV II

5 terraced houses. 1800-1805. Designed and built by James Burton. Multi-coloured stock brick. 4 storeys and basements. 3 windows each, No.22 with 4-window return (mostly blind) to Bedford Place. Round-headed entrances in recesses with reeded pilaster jambs carrying cornice-heads; fanlights (No.19 radial) and panelled doors. Gauged red brick flat arches to recessed sash, and 1st floor casement, windows, some with original glazing bars. Continuous 1st floor cast-iron balconies, Nos 19 & 21 with tented verandah roofs on cast-iron column supports. Continuous 3rd floor sill band. Parapet. INTERIORS: not inspected. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached cast-iron railings with urn finials to areas. No.22 with attached garden wall to Bedford Place return. Wall with square-headed stucco surround to panelled wood door with reeded architrave with roundels. To left of door, a glazed oculus with small leaded panes of stained glass forming a pattern around the rim. Stone capping to wall with cast-iron railings. HISTORICAL NOTE: this terrace is on the site of Bedford House (formerly Southampton House), demolished 1799.

Listing NGR: TQ3026281713