Numbers 14-17 And Attached Railings

CAMDEN

TQ3081NE RED LION SQUARE 798-1/101/1371 (South side) 24/10/51 Nos.14-17 (Consecutive) and attached railings

GV II

4 terraced houses. c1686. By Nicholas Barbon, altered. Refronted early Cl9. Yellow stock brick with stucco ground floors. Nos 14 & 15: tiled mansard roofs with dormers (renewed). 3 storeys, attics and basements. 2 windows each. Arched doorways with pilaster-jambs carrying cornice heads, patterned fanlights and panelled doors. Recessed sashes, those on upper floors with gauged brick flat arches. Stucco band at 1st floor level. 1st floor windows in shallow, round-arched recesses with cast-iron balconies. No.15 2nd floor stucco sill band. Parapets. No.15 rear elevation with flush frame windows. INTERIORS: not inspected but No.14 noted to have a mid C18 staircase with twisted balusters, fluted column newels and carved brackets; panelled hall and staircase. No.15 with early C19 staircase with square balusters, fluted column newels and pilasters; panelled ground floor rooms. Nos 16 & 17: stucco sill bands at 1st floor level. 4 storeys and basements. 3 windows each. Entrances with pilasters carrying entablatures, doorways with fanlights and panelled doors. Recessed sashes, those on 1st floor with architraves (No.16 with balconies and cornice to the centre window), 2nd and 3rd floors with gauged brick flat arches. Stucco cornice band at 3rd floor level. Parapet with plain stucco band. INTERIORS: not inspected but No.16 noted to have mid C18 staircase with twisted balusters and carved brackets; panelled rooms and other features. No.17 with mid C18 staircase with twisted balusters and shaped ends. Some panelling. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached cast-iron railings with urn finials to areas of Nos 14, 15 and 16. HISTORICAL NOTE: No.17 was the residence of Rossetti, and subsequently Morris and Burne-Jones (GLC tablet). It was the problem of providing furniture for these rooms that first led Morris to try his hand at furniture design; this was a spur to his decision to abandon architecture and concentrate on the applied arts.

Listing NGR: TQ3065581687