Numbers 9 And 10 And Attached Railings

ISLINGTON

TQ3182NW LLOYD STREET 635-1/68/604 (West side) 27/08/57 Nos.9 AND 10 and attached railings

GV II

Semi-detached linked villas. On slope in street leading into Lloyd Square from north. c.1833. By John Booth, and his son, also John, Surveyors for the Lloyd Baker Estate; William Joseph Booth, another son, architect. Gold stock bricks set in Flemish bond with stucco dressings, and stucco pediment over pair; Welsh slate gabled and extended roof to no. 10, no. 9 obscured by parapet; centre brick and stucco rendered stacks. Restrained Greek Revival style. Side-hall entrance plan to linked bay of each house. Two-storeys with basement; 3 windows each including recessed 1-window entrance bay coupled as link. Low steps rise to deeply recessed stucco entrance with antae supporting entablature. Architraved doorway with original panelled door to no. 9, C20 alterations to no. 10, and rectangular overlight. Architraved sashes throughout: no. 9 with predominantly 6/6 sashes, no. 10 with 1/1 and 2/2 sashes. 1st floor recessed balconied link with narrower sashes. Plain stucco 1st floor storey band and band beneath pediment; stucco parapet with stucco coping or blocking course to 1st floor recessed link. Attached cast-iron railings with fir cone finials. (The Squares of Islington: Cosh, M: The Squares of Islington Part I: Finsbury and Clerkenwell: Islington: 1990-: 57-58).

Listing NGR: TQ3109382828