Quo Vadis Restaurant

Quo Vadis Restaurant is a terrace house built around 1734, possibly by carpenter John Nolloth. The building has been altered on the ground floor in the early 20th century. It is constructed of stock brick with red brick dressings and features slate roofs. The structure stands four storeys high, with each front having three windows. The ground floor has been modified for restaurant use, featuring large leaded windows, revolving doors, and a fascia. The upper floors have very slightly recessed sash windows in exposed box frames, some with glazing bars and others altered to casements, all set under flat gauged red brick arches. The buildings at Nos. 26 and 28 have brick aprons decorated with guttae beneath the second-floor windows. A stucco cornice is located below the attic storey, and there is a parapet with coping. Although the interiors have been significantly altered, they still retain a considerable amount of original panelling, some of which has been reset for the restaurant adaptation. Notably, Karl Marx and his family lived at No. 28 from 1851 to 1856, which is commemorated by a plaque from the London County Council. The building is listed Grade I due to its historical significance.