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Latitude: 51.5119 / 51°30'42"N
Longitude: -0.1122 / 0°6'43"W
OS Eastings: 531101
OS Northings: 180903
OS Grid: TQ311809
Mapcode National: GBR LD.Z6
Mapcode Global: VHGR0.08KC
Plus Code: 9C3XGV6Q+P4
Entry Name: Essex Watergate Closing South End of Street
Listing Date: 14 January 1970
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1066823
English Heritage Legacy ID: 209700
ID on this website: 101066823
Location: Holborn, Westminster, London, WC2R
County: London
District: City of Westminster
Electoral Ward/Division: St James's
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: City of London
Traditional County: Middlesex
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London
Church of England Parish: St Mary le Strand with St Clement Danes
Church of England Diocese: London
Tagged with: Building
TQ 3180 NW CITY OF WESTMINSTER ESSEX STREET, WC2
74/10 Essex Watergate
14.1.70 Closing south end of street
GV II
G.V. II
"Triumphal" gateway. c1676 built by Barbon as a terminal feature to his
"polite" Essex Street development, screening his commercial development of the
wharf below. Damaged during World War II, the gateway was repaired and
incorporated into the 1953 building across the end of the street. Pseudo-Roman
pomp and circumstance. Giant order of fluted Corinthian pilasters on pedestals
supporting archivolt arch. A typical piece of Barbon bravura "pour epater les
bourgeois".
Listing NGR: TQ3109780907
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