Numbers 8-11 And Attached Railings And Gates

Numbers 8-11 and the attached railings and gates are a group of terraced chambers located in Lincoln's Inn, built between 1775 and 1780 by Sir Robert Taylor. Number 10 features a rusticated stone ground floor and an ashlar first floor and attic, while numbers 8, 9, and 11 are constructed from yellow stock brick with stone basements and dressings.

The exterior of number 10 consists of two storeys, a basement, and an attic, with seven windows. It has a round-headed entrance and round-headed windows on both the ground and first floors, with the ground floor windows set in shallow round-headed ashlar recesses. The attic features recessed rectangular windows that pivot horizontally. There are plain impost bands above the ground floor windows, a plain band at the first floor level, and fluted springing bands flanking the first-floor windows, which are also accompanied by shallow niches. A dentil cornice and blocking course complete the top.

Number 11, which is to the left of number 10, has three storeys and a basement, also with seven windows. Its entrance features a square-headed door with an elaborate Nico lantern bracketed above and a round-headed fanlight set in a shallow round-headed recess. The recessed sash windows have gauged flat arches, with the ground floor windows in shallow round-headed recesses and plain impost bands. A plain stone band marks the second floor, topped by a stone mutule cornice and blocking course.

Number 9, located to the right of number 10, is similar to number 11 but has an entrance door with a pilastered and pedimented case beneath a plain stone band, also with a fanlight above. Number 8 is formed by a one-window projection from number 9, with a right-hand return of five windows, and is similar in style to numbers 9 and 11.

The east elevation facing Chantry Lane mirrors the character of the other elevations. Numbers 8, 9, and 11 retain original lead rainwater pipes and heads featuring lion masks, dated 1775.

The interiors have not been inspected. The subsidiary features include cast-iron railings in front of numbers 9 and 11, as well as cast-iron railings with torch flambe finials along the Chancery Lane frontage, which include cast-iron entrance gates at the south end dating to 1845. Number 10 was listed on May 14, 1974.