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48, Bishopsgate EC2

A Grade II Listed Building in City of London, London

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.515 / 51°30'54"N

Longitude: -0.0826 / 0°4'57"W

OS Eastings: 533142

OS Northings: 181309

OS Grid: TQ331813

Mapcode National: GBR TC.L2

Mapcode Global: VHGR0.J56X

Plus Code: 9C3XGW88+2X

Entry Name: 48, Bishopsgate EC2

Listing Date: 10 November 1977

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1359148

English Heritage Legacy ID: 199315

ID on this website: 101359148

Location: City of London, London, EC2N

County: London

District: City and County of the City of London

Electoral Ward/Division: Lime Street

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 Helen Bishopsgate

Church of England Diocese: London

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Description


BISHOPSGATE EC2
1.
5002
(East Side)
No 48
TQ 3381 SW 11/N/6 1.8.75.

II

2.
Late C19. Elaborate stone building in flamboyant Second Empire style. 4 storeys
and roof-storey; 3 bays wide.
Ground floor with original large square headed opening with plate glass window
and round arched entrance with enriched architrave and mask key crowned by console bracketed entablature with triglyph frieze and dentilled cornice.
Architraved and pedimented windows above, right hand window slightly set forward
with flanking pilasters supporting balustrade. Sill-guards to windows in wrought
iron. Console bracketed pediments at 2nd floor level. Round headed windows set
between pilasters and with projecting segmental sills and iron guards at 3rd floor level.
Bracketed cornice. Large pedimented central dormer flanked by 2 smaller round-headed dormers in high pavilion roof of copper and slate.
Wrought iron guard rails to parapet and ridge of roof. Wrought iron entrance gates and footscrapers.


Listing NGR: TQ3313981310

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