Numbers 8-11 And Attached Railings And Gates

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TQ3081NE LINCOLN'S INN 798-1/101/1028 (North side) 24/10/51 Nos.8-11 (consec) Stone Buildings & attached railings & gates

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Terraced chambers and Inns of Court Territorial HQ (No.10). 1775-1780. By Sir Robert Taylor. No.10, rusticated stone ground floor, ashlar 1st floor & attic. Nos 8, 9 & 11, yellow stock brick with stone basements and dressings. EXTERIOR: No.10: 2 storeys, basement and attic. 7 windows. Round-headed entrance and round-headed windows to ground and 1st floor, those on ground floor being in shallow round-headed ashlar recesses. Recessed rectangular attic windows, horizontally pivoted. Plain impost bands to ground floor windows, plain band at 1st floor level and fluted springing bands to 1st floor windows which are flanked by shallow niches. Dentil cornice and blocking course. No.11: flanking No.10 to the left. 3 storeys and basement. 7 windows. Square-headed door with elaborate Nico lantern bracketed over and round-headed fanlight, in shallow round-headed recess. Gauged flat arches to recessed sash windows, those on the ground floor in shallow round-headed recesses with plain impost bands. Plain stone band at 2nd floor level. Stone mutule cornice and blocking course. No.9: flanking No.10 to the right. 3 storeys and basement. 7 windows. Similar to No.11 but the entrance door has a pilastered and pedimented case under a plain stone band with fanlight over. No.8: formed by a 1-window projection to No.9 with a right-hand return of 5 windows. Similar to Nos 9 & 11. East elevation to Chantry Lane is similar in character. Nos 8, 9 and 11 with good, original lead rainwater pipes and heads with lion masks and dated 1775. INTERIORS: not inspected. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: cast-iron railings in front of Nos 9 and 11. Cast-iron railings with torch flambe finials along Chancery Lane frontage with cast-iron entrance gates at south end dating to 1845. No.10 was listed on 14/05/74.

Listing NGR: TQ3098781531