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25, Old Gloucester Street

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

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.5208 / 51°31'15"N

Longitude: -0.1222 / 0°7'19"W

OS Eastings: 530378

OS Northings: 181884

OS Grid: TQ303818

Mapcode National: GBR J9.Q0

Mapcode Global: VHGQZ.T1RG

Plus Code: 9C3XGVCH+84

Entry Name: 25, Old Gloucester Street

Listing Date: 11 January 1999

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1322087

English Heritage Legacy ID: 477653

ID on this website: 101322087

Location: Bloomsbury, Camden, London, WC1N

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 George Queen Square

Church of England Diocese: London

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Description



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TQ3081NW OLD GLOUCESTER STREET
798-1/100/1751 (West side)
No.25

GV II

St George the Martyr Boys School, now private residence.
1877-8. By J and S Flint Clarkson. Stock brick with yellow
brick and some stone dressings, slate roofs. Early Gothic
style comparable with No.24 (qv).
4 storeys, with main front to Old Gloucester Street and
shallow north front exposed. Front mainly symmetrical with
sash windows grouped mostly in pairs and segment-headed, some
framed by high pointed arches over tympana. String course over
ground storey. Triple gables over top storey, stepped at
sides, the centre gable broader and higher; chimneys between
gables. Entrances at north end of front and east end of
return, both with pointed arches under hood moulds and with
pointed fanlights over doors enclosing circular openings. On
north-east angle, chamfered cornerstone with biblical
quotation and date 1877. Later rear extension of no
architectural interest.
INTERIOR not inspected.
Forms a group with St George the Martyr Church, Queen Square
(qv) and No.24 (qv).
(The Builder: 14 July 1877; The Builder: 23 February 1878).


Listing NGR: TQ3038981870

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