Former Notting Warehouse/Enterprise Printing Machine Works

ISLINGTON

TQ3182SW BOWLING GREEN LANE 635-1/73/90 (South side) Nos.16 and 16A 30.09.1994 former Notting Warehouse/Enterprise Printing Machine Works

GV II

Former warehouse/factory for the Enterprise Printing Machine Works. Dated 1877. By Edward Walker, builder, for William Notting, typefounder and printing engineer. Buff stock brick set in English bond with red brick decorative banding and terracotta dressings; roof obscured by parapets. Narrow double-fronted block with carriage-way to centre; buildings behind (former stabling) have been essentially demolished and rebuilt C20 (by Piers Gough for his architectural practice). Four storeys with attic; 7-window range 1:1:1:2:1:1:1. Symmetrical rugged brick facade divided into attractively brick-detailed full-height piers and tiers of segmental casement sashes with panels below; 3rd floor brick-pedimented sashes with decorative terracotta tympana. Right end has later extensions in the same style and materials but altered C20. INTERIOR: timber floors and joists and a series of simple iron pillars. Reconstructed staircase is off-centre. History: William Notting (1831-1911) was a prominent member of the London printing trade and had acquired the business of Henry Watts. Notting was established for a long time in Type Street, Finsbury and in 1872 his firm moved to premises off Ray Street. In 1877 he purchased this land freehold and built this warehouse/factory described as 'a five-storey warehouse with stabling, a cart house and meeting house'. (Historians File, English Heritage, London Division: 1990-).

Listing NGR: TQ3134882270