Staple Inn Buildings N and S London, England

Listed Building Data

Staple Inn Buildings N and S 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shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.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
1245623
Listing Type
listed building
Grade
II
Date Listed
14 May 1974
Name
STAPLE INN BUILDINGS NORTH AND SOUTH AND ATTACHED RAILINGS
Location
STAPLE INN BUILDINGS NORTH AND SOUTH AND ATTACHED RAILINGS, 335 AND 336, HIGH HOLBORN
District
City and County of the City of London
County
Greater London Authority
Grid Reference
TQ 31129 81587
Easting
531129.3400
Northing
181587.0560

Listed Building Description

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TQ31SINW HIGH HOLBORN 627-0/1/10197 (South side) 14/05/74 Nos.335 AND 336 Staple Inn Buildings North and South and attached railings (Formerly Listed as: CAMDEN HIGH HOLBORN (South side) Nos.335 AND 336 Staple Inn Buildings North and South)

GV II

Offices. c1903 with later shop, by Alfred Waterhouse. Red brick with terracotta dressings and granite faced ground floor. Slate roof Jacobean style. High Holborn frontage (NO.335) 5 storeys and attic. 3 window bays with 2 lights each under a gable with dormer and scrolled pediment. Irregular 12 bay return. Polygonal corner turret with pedimented loops, arched openings at 4th floor level and slated and lead pinnacle with gabled windows. C20 ground floor shop front. Transom and mullion windows; the 2nd, 3rd, & 4th storeys with pilaster and cornice treatment with enriched aprons below attic and 3rd & 4th storeys. No.336 similar to No.335 with 2 storeys, 4 bay extension at north end with hall at first floor level with pedimented windows and bracketed parapet above, and added ground floor windows below. Segmental bowed entrances with Doric columns in antis. South elevation to Staple Inn with terracotta plaque dated 1901 between 2 windows at ground floor level, a 4-light oriel over, the top storey having 3 square-headed lights in arched openings under a gable with slit light. INTERIORS: not inspected. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached wrought iron ratings to areas. Formerly listed in the LB of Camden. Since 1 April 1994 Staple Inn has been part of the City of London.

Listing NGR: TQ3113281585