Numbers 89, 90 And 91 And Attached Railings

CAMDEN

TQ3081NW GREAT RUSSELL STREET 798-1/100/689 (North side) 28/03/69 Nos.89, 90 AND 91 and attached railings

GV II

3 terraced houses. No.89, earlier C19; Nos 90 and 91, late C18 altered. Darkened brick; No.89 with rusticated stucco ground floor. Slate mansard roofs with dormers. 3 storeys, attics and basements. 3 windows each. Gauged brick flat arches to recessed sash windows, No.90 with original glazing bars. Stucco cornices and blocking courses. No.89: round-arched doorway with pilaster jambs carrying cornice head; fanlight and panelled door. "Y" shaped glazing bars to dormer windows. Attached cast-iron railings to areas with urn finials. No.90: later C19 shopfront with pilasters carrying entablature flanked by brackets. Shop window altered. Square-headed doorway with fanlight and panelled door. No.91: later C19 stucco shopfront with Ionic pilasters carrying entablature with dentil cornice. 3 ground floor openings with arched end bays with enriched spandrels. Doorway with pilaster jambs carrying entablature with figured frieze. INTERIORS not inspected. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached cast-iron railing to entrance with cone finials and 3 shoe scrapers. HISTORICAL NOTE: No.91 was the home of George du Maurier 1863-1868 (GLC plaque).

Listing NGR: TQ3004081564