Numbers 28, 29 And 30 And Attached Railings

CAMDEN

TQ2981NE PERCY STREET 798-1/99/1299 (North side) 14/05/74 Nos.28, 29 AND 30 and attached railings

GV II

3 terraced houses. Built 1766-1770, altered. Nos 28 and 29 have been refaced. Built by W Franks, W Richmond, H Roydhouse and J Pritchet. No.28: brown brick, stucco ground floor with plain bands at 1st floor and 1st floor sill levels. 4 storeys (3rd floor later addition) and basement. 2 windows. Round-arched doorway with wooden doorcase with pilasters carrying enriched console-bracketed entablature; fanlight and panelled door with lion mask knocker. Gauged red brick flat arches to slightly recessed sash windows with exposed boxing and glazing bars. C20 stone cornice at 3rd floor level. Parapet. INTERIOR: not inspected. No.29: multi-coloured stock brick, stucco ground floor with plain bands at 1st floor and 1st floor sill levels. 4 storeys (3rd floor later addition) and basement. 3 windows. Round-arched doorway with reeded 1/4 round reveals, cornice head, patterned fanlight and panelled double door with lion mask knocker. Gauged red brick flat arches to recessed sash windows, most with original glazing bars. Stone cornice at 3rd floor level. Parapet. INTERIOR: panelled hall and stone staircase with foliated wrought-iron balustrade. Attic stair with Chinese Chippendale style balustrade. Ground floor front room panelled in 1740s style with carved egg-and-dart framework throughout; panelled doors have similar carving. Distyle-in-antis Ionic screen and dentil box cornice to moulded plaster ceiling. Column flanked chimney piece. Two 1st floor rooms with heavy cornices. No.30: multi-coloured stock brick, refaced above 2nd floor with stone cornice replaced by brick band below parapet. Slated mansard roof with dormers. Stucco bands at 1st floor and 1st floor sill levels. 3 storeys, attic and basement. 3 windows. Doorway with wooden Ionic doorcase with broken pediment, round-arched fanlight and panelled door with lion mask knocker. Margin light to left of doorcase. Gauged red brick flat arches to recessed C20 sash windows. INTERIOR: panelled hall and stone staircase with foliated wrought-iron balustrade. Ground floor front room panelled. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached cast-iron railings with torch flambe finials.

(Survey of London: Vol. XXI, Tottenham Court Road and Neighbourhood, St Pancras III: London: -1949: 7-11).

Listing NGR: TQ2960881609