Description

ISLINGTON

TQ3184SW THORNHILL ROAD
635-1/52/1019 No.49

II

House now office. 1868 or 9. Stock brick with hipped slate
roof and end stacks. 2 storeys; 3-window range of 2 light
casements and central 6/6 sash. Moulded shouldered
architraves. Central porch with Ionic columns and entablature.
Panelled door and overlight. Single-storey extension to right.
INTERIOR: has, as well as stick baluster staircase and other
contemporary fittings, very elaborate plaster or papier mache
decoration to ground floor room including ceiling, wall
panels, doors and overdoors with initials JHB. Marble
fire-place and overmantel. In 1871 the house was occupied by
James Howel Boekbinder or Bookbinder, a Dutch manufacturer of
carton pierre or papier mache and this is very likely to be a
fine example of his artistry.

Listing NGR: TQ3111684353

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26504661

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Recommended Books

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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)