University College Chemistry Laboratory And Attached Railings And Wall

CAMDEN

TQ2982SW GOWER PLACE 798-1/93/602 (South side) 14/05/74 University College Chemistry Laboratory and attached railings & wall

GV II

University chemistry laboratory. 1912-13. By FM Simpson. Stone facade with later slate mansard roof and dormers. 2 main storeys, attic and basement. Symmetrical facade in modified Neo-Greek style with projecting end and central bays; fenestration 2:8:3:8:3. Main pedimented entrance distyle-in-antis with columns (Tower of Winds capitals) rising through ground to 1st floor and supporting an entablature inscribed "ANNO DOMI MCMXIII UNIVERSITY OF LONDON UNIV COLL", beneath which paterae. Double flight of steps to architraved doorway with console brackets carrying pediment. Flanking bays with shallow pilasters, rising from rusticated basement podium, between window bays and carrying a simplified entablature. Recessed metal transom and mullion windows, the 1st floor with lugged aprons enriched with paterae. Parapet. INTERIOR: not inspected. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached cast-iron railings and stone wall to areas with candelabra of box form flanking entrance steps. The buildings around the quadrangle of University College form a group. (Survey of London: Vol. XXI, Tottenham Court Road and Neighbourhood, St Pancras III: London: -1949: 87-90).

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