Numbers 43, 44 And 45 And Attached Railings

CAMDEN

TQ3081NW BLOOMSBURY SQUARE 798-1/100/105 (South side) 24/10/51 Nos.43, 44 AND 45 and attached railings

GV II

3 terraced houses. c1760, altered 1830-40. 4 storeys, attics and basements. 3 windows each, No.45 with 4 window return (2 blind bays) to Southampton Place. No.43: darkened brick. Slate roof with dormers. Stone pedimented doorcase with engaged Ionic columns carrying entablature; square-headed fanlight and panelled door. Recessed sashes with architraves, 1st and 2nd floors with enriched frieze and plain cornice. 1st floor continuous stone balcony with cast-iron balustrade. Sill bands to 2nd and 3rd floors. Stucco entablature with bracketed cornice and enriched frieze. Cast-iron parapet. No.44: stucco fronted with vermiculated rustications to flanking piers and ground floor. Square-headed, recessed doorway with fanlight and panelled door. Square-headed architraved sash windows, 1st floor with Corinthian pilasters carrying entablatures and segmental pediments, 2nd floor with cornices. Continuous cast-iron balcony at 1st floor level. Band at 3rd floor level. Bracketed cornice with stone balustraded parapet above and with dormers behind. No.45: darkened brick. Slate roof with 2 dormers on each facade, their windows architraved and forming part of the stone balustraded parapet. Entrance in Southampton Place with C19 stone door surround with segmental pediment on brackets. Recessed sash windows with gauged flat brick arches, the first floor with cast-iron balconies to each window. Stone band at 1st floor level. Bracketed cornice at 3rd floor level. Main bracketed cornice below balustraded parapet. INTERIORS: not inspected. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached C19 cast-iron railings to areas. HISTORICAL NOTE: tablet on exterior commemorates the residence of the Earls of Chesterfield.

Listing NGR: TQ3040981614