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43 and 45 New Oxford Street including 16 West Central Street

A Grade II Listed Building in Holborn and Covent Garden, London

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.5169 / 51°31'0"N

Longitude: -0.1254 / 0°7'31"W

OS Eastings: 530167

OS Northings: 181438

OS Grid: TQ301814

Mapcode National: GBR JB.0F

Mapcode Global: VHGQZ.S42H

Plus Code: 9C3XGV8F+PR

Entry Name: 43 and 45 New Oxford Street including 16 West Central Street

Listing Date: 11 January 1999

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1113170

English Heritage Legacy ID: 477594

ID on this website: 101113170

Location: St Giles, Camden, London, WC1A

County: London

District: Camden

Electoral Ward/Division: Holborn and Covent Garden

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Camden

Traditional County: Middlesex

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London

Church of England Parish: St Giles-in-the-Fields

Church of England Diocese: London

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Description


This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 25 May 2022 to correct address, remove superfluous source details from text and reformat the text to current standards

TQ3181SW
798-1/105/1887

CAMDEN
NEW OXFORD STREET (South East side)
Nos.43 AND 45

GV
II
Includes: No.16 WEST CENTRAL STREET.
Terrace of shops and offices. 1843-7. Under the direction of James Pennethorne as Architect and Surveyor for Metropolitan Improvements appointed following a House of Commons Select Committee in 1836. Stuccoed brick with banded quoins and rustication, slate roofs. A group of commercial premises on a canted site treated as two distinct units. The premises survive well above C20 ground-floor shops, the upper floor having sash windows with small-paned glazing bars in moulded architrave surrounds, under heavy cornices and parapets, that to No.45 with balustrade. No.45 has arcaded first floor fenestration, which continues along return to West Central Street on ground floor also.

INTERIORS not inspected.

The group is the most prominent intact survival of Pennethorne's most important Metropolitan Improvements Commission for the Commons Select Committee.

Listing NGR: TQ3016781438

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