Description

ISLINGTON

TQ3184SW BARNSBURY SQUARE
635-1/52/66 (North side)
29/09/72 Nos.27 AND 28

GV II

Semi-detached villas. c. 1835 by Bilham. Stucco over brick
except main face and extension of No. 27 which are of yellow
stock brick; Welsh-slate hipped roofs with projecting eaves
(no. 28 bracketed), and centre and right end- wall brick
stacks. Side-hall entrance plan. Three storeys and basements;
3 windows each including narrower 1-window recessed entrance
bay and 1-window two-storey extension. Stucco storey band to
ground floor, and sill band to 1st floor. Steps rise to
entrance porch; No. 27 with C20 enclosed wood porch, and No.
28 with very fine pedimented cast-iron porch and original
2-panelled door with glazing. Inner bay with elliptical-arched
ground 1/1 and 1st floor 6/6 sashes with side-lights and
'Barnsbury wreath' in tympana; No. 27 with gauged brick arches
and No. 28 with architraves, keystones and sill brackets.
Upper storeys of entrance bay and 2nd floor inner bay with 6/6
sashes; 2nd floor inner bay sashes set in flat-arched
recesses. C20 extension to No. 27; extension to No. 28 perhaps
earlier and features 1/1 sashes with margin lights, bracketed
cornice to lst floor and coping to parapet.

Listing NGR: TQ3109384277

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26490038

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Recommended Books

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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  For the Record
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990