88 And 90, Richmond Avenue

ISLINGTON

TQ3183NW RICHMOND AVENUE 635-1/58/709 (South side) 12/12/75 Nos.88 AND 90

GV II

Single villa with later shopfront (no. 88) and l-storey extension to left also with simpler shopfront (no. 90); both now in domestic use. Of two builds, c.1840 with late C19 shopfronts. Beige stock bricks set in Flemish bond with stucco ground-floors; Welsh-slate hipped projecting roof to villa but extension obscured by parapet; brick end stacks to villa. No. 88 two-storeys; 3-window range; gauged brick flat arches with 6/6 sashes to 1st floor. Ground-floor shopfront of 4 unequal architraved bays articulated by linked stucco piers with moulded capitals. Round-arched entrance in far right bay: C20 panelled door with plain 2-light fanlight. Three shop windows to left: original round-arched centre door changed to plain glazed window c1980; flanking tripartite 6-light fixed windows with flattened arches of unequal width and plain recessed panels below. Dentilled stucco cornice to shopfront level. No. 90 one-storey; 2-window range. C20 door to right bay and simple tripartite shop window to left. Moulded stucco cornice and parapet. One attached curved iron gas lamp arm to each building.

Listing NGR: TQ3111783877