1-6, Lombard Street Ec3

LOMBARD STREET EC3 1. 5002 (South Side) Nos 1 to 6 (consec) TQ 3281 SE 10/N/43

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1. 1908 and 1915 by Dunn and Watson with W Curtis Green. Symmetrical stone facade convex curved to follow line of street; 5 main storeys and 2 dormered roof storeys; 17 bays (3+11+3) with end pavilions of slight projection; tall channelled arcuated base embracing lower 2 storeys, each arch containing iron railings to basement windows and stone balustrades to mezzanine (lst) floor windows; giant Corinthian order uniting 2nd, 3rd and 4th floors with attached unfluted columns and richly carved entablature with dentilled and modillioned cornice and lion masks in the cyma; crowning balustrade with plain dies, turned balusters and moulded capping. The end pavilions emphasized by tripartite treatment with central ground floor opening flanked by Byzantine columns carrying an enriched lintol and cornice; channelled quoin piers to upper storeys. Central tripartite feature to main facade with tall arched opening leading to coffered turret vaulted entrance flanked by 2 storey narrower openings matching those to end pavilions. Balconies with iron balustrades to all 3rd floor windows; the slated roof not prominent behind crowning balustrade. To the left of the symmetrical 17 bay facade a lower 4 storeyed corner block, circular on plan and containing another entrance. Facade returns to St Swithin's Lane.

Listing NGR: TQ3270481062