Southampton House is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1974. House.
Southampton House
- WRENN ID
- knotted-iron-wind
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Camden
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 May 1974
- Type
- House
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
CAMDEN
TQ2885NE HIGHGATE ROAD 798-1/31/855 (West side) 14/05/74 No.137 Southampton House
II
House, now divided into flats. Early C19, restored and altered mid/late C20. Yellow stock brick with plain stucco 1st floor sill band. 3 storeys and semi-basement. Double-fronted with 3 windows. Ground floor openings in shallow arched recesses; entrance, approached by steps, in round-arched recess with patterned fanlight, pilaster-jambs carrying cornice-head and panelled door. Segmental arched recessed sashes with pointed lights in segmental-arched recesses. Upper floor sashes with gauged brick flat arches. Stucco plaque centrally at 2nd floor level inscribed "Southampton House". Parapet. INTERIOR: altered in C20 but retains stair with cast-iron stick balusters, column newel and wreathed wooden handrail. Doorways of hallway and entrance door with reeded frames having stops of female masks wreathed in corn. HISTORICAL NOTE: during the early C19 this was the Southampton House Academy run by Capt John Bickerstaffe. Originally with a side wing. (Survey of London: Vol. XIX, Old St Pancras and Kentish Town (St Pancras Part II): London: -1938: 57).
Listing NGR: TQ2861485749
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