Numbers 61 To 66 And Attached Railings

CAMDEN

TQ3082SW GUILFORD STREET 798-1/95/720 Nos.61-66 (Consecutive) 08/06/90 and attached railings

GV II

Terrace of 6 houses, now a hotel and houses. c1793-9. Built by James Burton. Flemish bond brick; front of Nos 61 to 63 partly rebuilt after damage in World War II. Welsh slate roof having brick ridge and end stacks. Double-depth plan. Nos 61-65: 4 storeys and basement, symmetrical 15-window range. Doorways; No.61 has C20 panelled door set in mid C19 semicircular arched stucco surround, Nos 62 & 63 have late C18 fielded 6-panelled doors set in similar surrounds with late C18 fluted and reeded architraves, Nos 64 & 65 have flat arches over late C19 panelled doors set in ground floor of channelled stucco. Gauged brick flat arches to tall 1st floor C20 casements and plate-glass sashes. Continuous stucco sill bands beneath 1st and 3rd floor windows. Plain stone coped parapet. Late C18 sashes with glazing bars to rear of Nos 64 & 65. INTERIORS: retain late C18 dog-leg staircases with stick balusters set on open strings with fret-cut brackets and wreathed mahogany handrails. Late C18 enriched and modillioned plaster cornices survive in most rooms; mid C19 marble fireplace in 1st floor room of No.61; Nos 64 & 65 also retain late C18 shutters and panelled doors set in moulded and reeded architraves. Late C18 fireplaces noted to survive in some rooms which could not be inspected. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached wrought-iron railings with urn finials to front. No.66: 4 storeys and basement. 3 windows. Ground floor of channelled stucco. Flat arch to doorway with late C19 panelled door with overlight. Ground floor sashes with flat arches and late C19 plate-glass. Upper floors have gauged brick flat arches to late C19 4-pane plate-glass sashes; 3rd floor stucco sill band. Stone coped parapet. To rear, late C18 sashes. INTERIOR: not inspected but noted as having late C18/early C19 dog-leg staircase with turned balusters. (Survey of London: Vol. XXIV, King's Cross Neighbourhood, Parish of St Pancras IV: London: -1952: 32).

Listing NGR: TQ3024682083