New Court Numbers 1-30 London, England

Listed Building Data

New Court Numbers 1-30 has been designated a Grade II listed building in England with the following information, which has been imported from the National Heritage List for England. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.

List Entry ID
1113005
Listing Type
listed building
Grade
II
Date Listed
20 August 1986
Name
NEW COURT NUMBERS 1-30
Location
NEW COURT NUMBERS 1-30, FLASK WALK
District
Camden
County
Greater London Authority
Grid Reference
TQ 26461 85870
Easting
526461.2000
Northing
185870.0500

Listed Building Description

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CAMDEN

TQ2685NW FLASK WALK 798-1/26/457 (North side) 20/08/86 New Court Nos.1-30 (consec)

GV II

Block of 30 artisans' flats. 1854. Built for philanthropic solicitor Hugh Jackson; architect unknown. Yellow stock brick with red brick dressings; continuous plain brick sill bands to upper floors and rusticated brick quoins at angles and articulating central bays. Slate pitched roof with projecting bracketed eaves and tall slab chimney-stacks. 5 storeys. 12 windows. Recessed open stone staircases with landing balconies between windows 2 and 3, 6 and 7, 10 and 11. Cambered arches to windows; transom and mullion casements to windows flanking stairs and sashes to those between. INTERIORS: not inspected. HISTORICAL NOTE: the second earliest surviving example of artisans' flats, for the "deserving poor" in regular employment, predating the foundation of the Peabody Trust and the Improved Industrial Dwellings Company. The earliest surviving block of this kind is the Streatham Street Buildings (now Parnell House), (qv). Hugh Jackson was the father of architect TG Jackson.

Listing NGR: TQ2648685795