8-12, York Gate NW1 London, England
Listed Building Data
8-12, York Gate NW1 has been designated a Grade I 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shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.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
- 1357372
- Listing Type
- listed building
- Grade
- I
- Date Listed
- 5 February 1970
- Name
- 8-12, YORK GATE NW1 (See details for further address information)
- Location
- 8-12, OUTER CIRCLE NW18-12, REGENT'S PARK NW18-12, YORK GATE NW1
- District
- City of Westminster
- County
- Greater London Authority
- Grid Reference
- TQ 28235 82110
- Easting
- 528235.0000
- Northing
- 182110.0000
Listed Building Description
Text courtesy of Historic England. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
TQ 2882 SW CITY OF WESTMINSTER YORK GATE 35/34 REGENT'S PARK NWl 5.2.70 Nos 8 to 12(consec)
GV I
Unified terrace block. 1821-22 by John Nash as part of his Regent's Park Crown Estate development, gutted and rebuilt internally as one unit. Stucco; slate roof. Symmetrical elevation identical to and balancing Nos 1 to 5 q.v. with end pavilions flanking giant Ionic colonnade, 4 storeys (including attic storey). ll windows wide in all. Rusticated podium ground floor with semi- circular windows set in deep arcade between end pavilions which each have a tripartite segmental arched window. 1st and 2nd floor glazing bar sashes of main range set within giant engaged colonnade of the Illissian Ionic order; end pavilions with tall tripartite 1st floor sashes with segmental arched blind lunettes and with eared architrave 2nd floor sashes. Semicircular arched blind headed attic windows and thermal windows to pavilions attics. Cornice and balustraded parapet over ground floor. Continuous plain frieze and cornice over 2nd floor; attic cornice and blocking course. The 3 window returns have large enclosed porches with Greek Doric columns in antis. Rear rebuilt. Anthemion patterned cast iron balconettes to 1st floor windows of pavilions on front. Grecian,palmette-finialed area railings. York Gate was opened up by Nash to create a vista of Hardwick's new church of St Mary, Marylebone Road q.v. John Nash; John Summerson
Listing NGR: TQ2823582110
