Number 24 (Even) And Attached Railings

Number 24 and its attached railings comprise a three-bay terraced house, dating from 1735, located on the north side of Cross Street in Islington. The facade was altered in the mid to late 18th century when the building was adapted for industrial use. The main structure is red brick, with three storeys, an attic, and a basement.

The ground floor and basement have been given new frontages with folding doors. The upper floors retain original windows with gauged brick heads and original shutters. The rear elevation preserves curved window heads with 19th-century sash windows in original exposed window boxes. A 19th-century double-door, topped by a square fanlight, is located on the left side of the main facade and leads to the interior.

The entrance hall features a heavy modillion cornice and pilasters, leading into a wider stairwell hall with similar cornicing. The original staircase rises the full height of the building. An open string staircase is present from the ground floor to the second floor, characterised by carved tread-ends and turned balusters. These balusters are unusually elaborate, featuring square bands and an incised turned pattern to the largest knops; a closed string staircase ascends to the attic floor, with simpler, more substantial turned balusters.

The ground floor rooms are said to retain original cornices, potentially concealed beneath false ceilings and later coverings, and perhaps some panelling. The front room on the first floor retains an elaborate modillion and dentil cornice, along with dado panelling. The rear room on the first floor has an original cupboard with a door fixed on long hinges, set into an alcove beside the chimney breast. The second floor is simpler, with some dado panelling and a cupboard. Two cupboards are found in the attic.