2 and 3, Bloomsbury Square London, England
Listed Building Data
2 and 3, Bloomsbury Square 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shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.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
- 1244505
- Listing Type
- listed building
- Grade
- II
- Date Listed
- 22 July 1976
- Name
- 2 AND 3, BLOOMSBURY SQUARE
- Location
- 2 AND 3, BLOOMSBURY SQUARE
- District
- Camden
- County
- Greater London Authority
- Grid Reference
- TQ 30358 81585
- Easting
- 530358.4360
- Northing
- 181585.2250
Listed Building Description
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CAMDEN
TQ3081NW BLOOMSBURY SQUARE 798-1/100/99 (South side) 22/07/76 Nos.2 AND 3
GV II
College of Preceptors, now college. 1887. By F Pinches. Red brick with enriched ashlar dressings. Steeply pitched, hipped slate roof with elaborate pedimented ashlar dormer centre piece carried up with carved escutcheons. 3 storeys, basement and attic. 3 windows. Deeply recessed semi-elliptical central doorway with moulded reveal and double panelled door approached by steps. Architraved, 2-light mullion and transom windows, 2nd floor with arched heads. Central 3-light bowed oriel window to 1st floor with enriched apron and dado of 2nd floor window above carried round oriel parapet. Composite pilasters defining window bays of each floor carried in dados with carved, foliated panels with busts centrally in each bay. Centre bay slightly projecting between paired pilasters with continuous arcaded frieze capped by segmental pediments. Arcaded parapets to outside bays. INTERIOR: has a geometrical staircase with wrought-iron balustrade. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: area with balustraded stone parapet having panelled piers.
Listing NGR: TQ3036481583
