Number 10 And Attached Garage

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TQ2787SE FITZROY PARK 798-1/4/1741 (South East side) 20/03/96 No.10 and attached garage

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House. Dated 1932 on hopper heads. By E Vincent Harris for himself. Narrow red brick with graded hipped slate roof and exceptionally tall stacks rearing behind high parapets. EXTERIOR: single storey and basement to front, with full lower storey on falling land to rear, the attached garage to left is a distinctive part of the carefully balanced composition, denoted by the curved linking wall that is an offset to the balancing projecting wing of the L-shaped house to right. 4-bay front, the sash windows under gauged brick heads regularly spaced but pushed to right of composition. 8-panelled door projects in two-bay wing to right, with single window: the door in moulded eared surround with keystone. One window in return to street balances garage, which has double panelled doors. Side elevation similarly treated but its four windows more symmetrically displaced. Garden elevation of seven bays, the portion to the right with four bays of sash windows symmetrically displaced, the left part a symmetrical but curious composition with a semi-circular ground-floor window projecting under a slated semi-dome with finial. This lights Harris's former studio. INTERIOR: not inspected but it is known that the principal rooms are little altered, with their original panelling and covings. HISTORICAL NOTE: E Vincent Harris was a major designer of public buildings between 1909 and 1960. He left his house to St Pancras MB in 1952 for the benefit of the borough and its employees.

Listing NGR: TQ2783987137