Basildon House is a Grade II listed building in the City of London local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 November 1977. Office building. 24 related planning applications.
Basildon House
- WRENN ID
- woven-mullion-moss
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- City of London
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 November 1977
- Type
- Office building
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
TQ 3281 SE 10/275
MOORGATE EC2 (West Side) Nos 7 to 11 (odd) (Basildon House)
GV II Late C19. In a Baroque style with Grecian details. Three storeys and two attic storeys, the upper set back. Three bays to Moorgate, five bays to the return; ground floor of pink granite forms a plinth.
First and second floors of Portland stone with polished granite giant Composite attached columns, square at the corner of the building. Big bow oriel windows to centre of each elevation, that to Moorgate rising to third floor level. Main entablature breaks forward over columns and follows curve of oriels. Third floor forms an attic storey - whose outer bays are articulated by bold and sculpted volutes carrying large urn finials, separating paired windows beneath pediments with carved tympana. The fourth (upper attic) floor has pedimented windows which interrupt a deep and enriched frieze.
Listing NGR: TQ3263881322
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