Number 41 To 61 And Attached Railings

GREAT ORMOND STREET, CAMDEN

A terrace of eleven houses on the south side of Great Ormond Street, comprising numbers 41 to 61 (odd numbers). The buildings date from circa 1704 to 1708, except number 61 which is early 19th century. They are constructed in multi-coloured stock brick with bands between floors (except number 51) and some red brick dressings. Number 47 features stucco with a channelled ground floor, and numbers 53 to 59 have stucco ground floors.

The roofs are either slated or tiled, with numbers 43, 47, 49, 55, 57 and 59 having slated roofs, of which numbers 47, 55, 57 and 59 are mansard form. All roofs incorporate dormers. The buildings present a uniform external appearance of three storeys, attics and basements, with parapets. Most have three windows each, except numbers 47, 51 and 61 which have two windows, and number 49 which has an additional two windows above a vehicle entrance to Ormond Close.

Number 41 features an elaborately carved wooden doorcase with half Ionic pilasters and large foliated consoles carrying a projecting cornice, with a rectangular fanlight and panelled door. The windows have gauged red brick flat arches to recessed sashes.

Number 43 has a wooden architraved doorcase with carved consoles supporting a cornice, rectangular fanlight and panelled door, with gauged red brick flat arches to flush frame sashes with exposed boxing.

Number 45 incorporates an early 19th century shopfront with Corinthian pilasters carrying an entablature with dentil cornice. A central part-glazed shop door with rectangular fanlight sits alongside a house doorway with rectangular fanlight and panelled door. Windows have gauged red brick flat arches to flush frame sashes with exposed boxing.

Number 47, built in 1704 by carpenter John Ragdall, displays a round-arched doorway with large stucco keystone, patterned fanlight and panelled door. Recessed sash windows on the first floor feature cast-iron balconies.

Number 49 contains a late 19th century shopfront with elaborate consoles flanking a cornice and a tripartite sash shop window. A fine wooden doorcase with engaged columns, Tower of Winds capitals and mutule open pediment frames a round-arched doorway with radial patterned fanlight and panelled door. Gauged red brick flat arches serve the recessed sashes, while those above the vehicle entrance are flush with exposed boxing.

Number 51, dated 1704 and built by carpenter John Ragdall, retains a mid 19th century shopfront with entablature and dentil cornice supported by console brackets, with a slightly bowed window of small panes. Shop and house doorways both feature rectangular fanlights and panelled doors. Gauged brick flat arches serve recessed sashes.

Number 53, dated 1704, has a square-headed doorway with fluted frieze and plain cornice, rectangular fanlight and panelled door. Windows feature gauged red brick flat arches to flush frame sashes with exposed boxing.

Numbers 55 and 57, built in 1704 by carpenter Simon Betts, have wooden architraved doorcases with carved consoles carrying cornices, though the doors and ground floor windows are currently bricked up. Flush frame sashes with exposed boxing remain to the upper storeys.

Number 59, dated 1704, features a wooden doorcase with slim pilasters and console brackets supporting a projecting cornice. Panelled reveals frame a square-headed doorway with recessed panelled door. Gauged red brick flat arches serve flush frame sashes with exposed boxing, and the first floor retains cast-iron balconies.

Number 61, of early 19th century date, displays round-arched ground floor openings with a doorway featuring fanlight and panelled door. Gauged brick flat arches serve recessed sashes, with the first floor windows set in shallow round-arched recesses and accompanied by cast-iron balconies.

The interiors have not been inspected, although numbers 55 and 57 are noted to retain good panelling.

All buildings except numbers 45 and 51 have attached cast-iron railings to the areas, finished with urn and torch flambé finials.