29, 31 AND 33, TOOLEY STREET

29, 31, and 33 Tooley Street are commercial and residential premises, now functioning as a restaurant/bar and commercial space, built around 1840. The buildings are constructed of yellow brick with stucco dressings and feature a recent timber ground floor. A stucco cornice and blocking course are present at the roof, with a parapet over the central section (No. 31) that includes a cornice and a low, pediment-shaped blocking course. The structure has a symmetrical plan, with the central section slightly advanced. It stands three storeys high, plus a full attic storey, and has three bays, each containing three windows. The ground level features 20th-century timber shop fronts. All floors have sash windows with glazing bars set in stucco architraves. The first-floor windows are adorned with a frieze and cornice, with No. 31 displaying console brackets and triangular pediments above. There is a wide sill band with panels beneath the windows, and the second-floor windows have bracketed sills, with cornices on No. 31. Above the second floor, there is a stucco frieze and a heavy modillion cornice. The return to No. 33 includes a memorial to James Braidwood, the chief of the London Fire Brigade, who was killed in the 1861 fire of Tooley Street by a falling warehouse. The interior has not been inspected.