Cardinals Wharf, And Railings At Door

SOUTHWARK

TQ3280 BANKSIDE 636-1/2/26 (South side) 02/03/50 No.49 Cardinal's Wharf, and railings at door (Formerly Listed as: BANKSIDE No.49 Cardinal's Wharf)

II

House. Late C17 or early C18 with earlier C19 alterations. Stucco front with high tiled roof with dormer behind parapet. 3 storeys and attic, 2 bays. Door to right with decorative square-headed light, moulded stucco architrave, and cornice on consoles with male and female coats of arms and crown above. Sash windows with glazing bars in moulded stucco architraves to all floors, those at ground and 1st floors with console bracketed cornices, and ground window with ornate wrought-iron grille. Plaque: "Here lived Sir Christopher Wren during the building of St Paul's Cathedral. Here also in 1502 Catherine Infanta of Castille and Aragon, afterwards first Queen of Henry VIII, took shelter on her first landing in London". INTERIOR: not inspected. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: short wrought-iron railing to right of door. There is no historical evidence to support the legend on the plaque, though a previous building on the site may have been referred to.

Listing NGR: TQ3211880520