Gresham College is a Grade II listed building in the City of London local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 November 1977. College building. 7 related planning applications.

Gresham College

WRENN ID
proud-stone-yarrow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
City of London
Country
England
Date first listed
10 November 1977
Type
College building
Source
Historic England listing

Description

GRESHAM STREET EC2 1. 5002 (North Side) Gresham College TQ 3281 SE 10/N/11

II GV

  1. 1912, by Dendy Watney and Sydney Perks. Stone, classical. 3 main storeys and attic; 5 bays to Gresham Street, 4 bay return to Basinghall Street. High channelled base formed by ground storey and basement; windows with architraves and alternating segmental and triangular pediments on consoles. 1st and 2nd floors, attached giant Ionic columns in antis 1st floor windows with keystones and alternating pediments, 3 central windows with stone balconies on corbels; entablature with pulvinated frieze and enriched bracketed cornice; recessed stone attic. Slated roof with dormers. Fine door in late C17 style, round headed, with blocked Roman Doric fluted columns, entablature and broken triangular pediment. Cherubs' heads and garlands, big armorial cartouche with the Gresham grasshopper.

Listing NGR: TQ3253881307

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