Description

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SE 1633 SE
37/942

PECKOVER STREET (south side) BD1
No 36

GV
II

Circa 1912-14 wool warehouse/office. Probably a refronting of former chapel. Three storey and basement five bay ashlar front with Neo-Greek detail. Ground floor entablature and moulded sill band to second floor, the frieze having Greek key pattern; impost string to second floor as bed mould to keep frieze of projecting main bracketed cornice; parapet flanked by low, blind, panelled attic sections with swept supports. Pilastraded ground floor windows and doorway with waggonway to left, under the entablature. The first floor windows have splayed eased architrave surrounds decorated with rosettes. Architrave surround second floor windows, incised bordered panels to intervening wall spaces. Crossed diagonal panel railings between dies, to basement area. The ground floor windows and doorway have frosted glass of Neo-Greek pattern but also including Art Nouveau elements. On second floor the windows have diagonally crossed glazing bars. A carefully detailed elevation executed to a high standard and making an important contribution to the street picture.

Listing NGR: SE1685033180

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26600975

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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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