7 And 8, Langley Street Wc2

TQ 3081 SW CITY OF WESTMINSTER LANGLEY STREET, WC2 59/18 15.1.73 Nos 7 and 8

G.V. II

Warehouse. Early C19, originally part of brewery complex. Yellow stock brick, slate roof. 4 main storeys. 5 bays wide, including 2 hoist bays. Ground floor with later C20 altered doorways but retaining segmental arched windows with good cast iron grill. 1st and 2nd floor segmental arched windows set in semicircular arched through storey recesses. Wooden projecting hoist-hoods to 3rd attic-floor. Brick plat band over ground floor. Main brick entablature over 2nd floor; stucco cornice and blocking course to attic. Rear elevation to former brewery yard is symmetrical, 3 windows wide. Ground floor entrance with cast iron Greek Doric columns carrying cast iron lintel. Windows through 1st to 3rd floors set in semicircular arched recesses. Rare survival of warehousing of this quality and date since demolition in Dockland. See also Nos 24 and 26 Shelton Street, part of the same complex.

Listing NGR: TQ3017981051