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St Martins House

A Grade II Listed Building in City of London, London

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.5155 / 51°30'55"N

Longitude: -0.0967 / 0°5'48"W

OS Eastings: 532162

OS Northings: 181338

OS Grid: TQ321813

Mapcode National: GBR QB.FX

Mapcode Global: VHGR0.85QJ

Plus Code: 9C3XGW83+68

Entry Name: St Martins House

Listing Date: 13 February 1989

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1251952

English Heritage Legacy ID: 434868

ID on this website: 101251952

Location: City of London, London, EC2V

County: London

District: City and County of the City of London

Electoral Ward/Division: Cheap

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: City of London

Traditional County: Middlesex

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): City of London

Church of England Parish: St Vedast Foster Lane

Church of England Diocese: London

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Description


St Martin's-le-Grand
TQ 3281
(east side)
9/557 No 16 (St. Martins House)

GV II

Office building. 1925, by Leo Sylvester Sullivan, carved details by Henry
Poole. Steel-framed, faced in Portland stone; stone-coped mansard roof.
Stripped classical style, with Graeco-Egyptian details. 10 storeys and
attics; 7-bay range. Slightly projecting 3-bay portico, with Greek Doric
columns and palm-leaf carvings to soffit of cornice. Giant order of Tuscan
piers rises 9 storeys to frieze carved with Greek key ornament. Revealed
windows with decorative metal aprons, the 3 central windows to fourth storey
having urn designs. Attic storey has square-headed casement windows; palm-
leaf carvings to soffit of boldly projecting cornice.

Rear elevation (33 Foster Lane) is in similar style with plain trademen's
entry and Tuscan piers to 3 middle floors. Interior: entrance lobby has
carved rosettes to coffered ceiling, Tuscan pilasters, carved acroteria to
classical door architraves and mahogany doors. Two marble Greek Doric
columns to hall. Hall and landings above have coffered decorative plaster
ceilings, panelled walls and neo-classical doorcase. Open-well staircase
with ramped mahogany handrail set on carved and turned balusters.


Listing NGR: TQ3216281338

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