Numbers 1 And 2 And Attached Railings

CAMDEN

TQ3081SE LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS 798-1/106/1050 (North side) 24/10/51 Nos.1 AND 2 and attached railings

GV II

2 terraced houses, now converted to one. C18 earlier, with alterations 1820. Multi-coloured stock brick with stone band at 1st floor sills, No.1 with stone band at basement level. 4 storeys and basements. 2 and 3 windows respectively, No.1 with 7-window left return the first 2 being blind. Single entrance in No.2. Doorcase with stone architrave, plain frieze and block bracketed cornice. Yellow gauged flat arches to recessed windows. No.1 with stone cyma bracketed cornice at 3rd floor. Parapets. INTERIOR: not inspected but noted to be fine with early C18 doorcases, chimney-piece and panelled rooms. Stairs with twisted balusters, fluted column newels and carved ends. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: cast-iron railings with spearhead finials attached to areas. HISTORICAL NOTE: during 1820 No.2 was amalgamated with No.1. The staircase was removed from No.2 and the staircase from No.1 rebuilt between the 2 houses, creating one central entrance. (Survey of London: Vol. III, St Giles-in-the-Fields: London: -1912: 108-109).

Listing NGR: TQ3064181443