Royal Pharmaceutical Society London, England

Listed Building Data

Royal Pharmaceutical Society 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shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.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
1244453
Listing Type
listed building
Grade
II
Date Listed
24 October 1951
Name
ROYAL PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY AND ATTACHED RAILINGS
Location
ROYAL PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY AND ATTACHED RAILINGS, 17, BLOOMSBURY SQUAREROYAL PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY AND ATTACHED RAILINGS, GREAT RUSSELL STREET
District
Camden
County
Greater London Authority
Grid Reference
TQ 30265 81673
Easting
530264.6290
Northing
181673.2110

Listed Building Description

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CAMDEN

TQ3081NW BLOOMSBURY SQUARE 798-1/100/103 (West side) 24/10/51 No.17 Royal Pharmaceutical Society and attached railings

GV II

Includes: Royal Pharmaceutical Society and attached railings GREAT RUSSELL STREET. Terraced house. Later C17, converted into 2 houses and remodelled by John Nash c1777-8, rejoined 1860 and 3rd floor added. Stucco with rusticated ground floor. EXTERIOR: 4 storeys and basement. 7 windows and 8-window return to Great Russell Street. Symmetrical front. Later (1860) distyle Doric porch with triglyph frieze and mutule cornice. Panelled door with fanlight. Round-arched ground floor openings with keystones and impost bands; 2-pane sashes set in plain shallow recesses. Plain band at 1st floor level. Corinthian pilasters from 1st to 3rd floor carrying an entablature, the frieze inscribed "The Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain". 1st floor windows with consoles carrying alternating segmental and triangular pediments. 3rd floor recessed rectangular windows. 4th floor with pilasters carrying cornice and blocking course. Windows rectangular recessed sashes. Return of similar elevational treatment without pilasters, and has arched entrance with double doors in 6th bay. 1st floor band inscribed "Incorporated AD 1843". 1st floor windows with cornices and 2nd floor architraved. INTERIOR: has wrought-iron scroll balusters to stone staircase. Principal rooms with plaster ceilings of c1777-8. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached cast-iron railings with urn finials to areas.

CAMDEN

TQ3081NW GREAT RUSSELL STREET 798-1/100/103 Royal Pharmaceutical Society and 24/10/51 attached railings

GV II

See under: No.17 Royal Pharmaceutical Society and attached railings BLOOMSBURY SQUARE.

Listing NGR: TQ3026581681