Numbers 21-24 And Attached Railings

CAMDEN

TQ2982SE RUSSELL SQUARE 798-1/94/1416 (North side) 14/05/74 Nos.21-24 (Consecutive) and attached railings

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Terrace of 4 houses, formerly a symmetrical terrace similar to Nos 52-60 (qv). One surviving projecting end bay (No.24) and central bay (No.21). c1808. By James Burton, altered c1898 possibly by PE Pilditch. Yellow stock brick with later terracotta dressings. Slate mansard roofs with dormers to Nos 21 and 24. EXTERIOR: 4 storeys, attics and basements. 3 windows each. No.24 with 4-window return, blind except those above portico, to Thornhaugh Street. Round-arched doorways in square-headed terracotta surrounds with fanlights, side-lights and panelled doors, except No.24 with prostyle, rusticated stucco portico with balustrade. Recessed, architraved sash windows; 1st floor, some casements, with cornices and centre windows on projecting bays pedimented. Continuous cast-iron balconies to 1st floor windows. Cornice at 3rd floor level, projecting bays with enriched frieze. Parapets; Nos 22 and 23 with balustraded parapet. Centre dormer to No.24 with terracotta pediment; No.21 with pedimented dormers, the central one semicircular. INTERIORS: not inspected. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached mid C19 cast-iron railings to areas. HISTORICAL NOTE: No.21 was the home of Sir Samuel Romilly, law reformer (plaque). The Duke of Bedford was inspired to add terracotta dressings to these houses following the building of The Russell Hotel (qv).

Listing NGR: TQ2997882025