Youth Hostel London, England
Listed Building Data
Youth Hostel 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shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.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
- 1359138
- Listing Type
- listed building
- Grade
- II
- Date Listed
- 10 November 1977
- Name
- YOUTH HOSTEL
- Location
- YOUTH HOSTEL, 36, CARTER LANE EC4
- District
- City and County of the City of London
- County
- Greater London Authority
- Grid Reference
- TQ 31898 81068
- Easting
- 531898.0000
- Northing
- 181068.0000
Listed Building Description
Text courtesy of Historic England. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
CARTER LANE EC4 1. 5002 (North Side) No 36 (Youth Hostel) TQ 3181 SE 8/N/2
II
- Formerly St Paul's Choir School. 1874 by F C Penrose. White brick, terracotta and plaster with sgraffito decoration. 2 main storeys with 2 dormered storeys in the roof; the long principal elevation to Carter Lane symmetrical below cornice level with a complex rhythm of shallow projecting bays of unequal width (abcd(aaa)dcba). The facade employs Renaissance elements including Venetian and round windows, round leaded doorways and niches, the ground floor openings all in with sgraffito decoration to the intervening wall surface, the 1st floor openings with terracotta surrounds, some pedimented, set in brickwork with plain brick panels of shallow projection. A continuous sgraffito frieze at 1st floor level with the legend MIHI AUTEM ABSIT GLORIARE, etc. The terminal bays (ab) are emphasized by deep bracketted cornices, the remaining bays having plain brick parapets with moulded copings. The entrance bay (b) at the east end has a parapet above the cornice and is surmounted by a tall lucerne with prominent pilastered surround and semi-circular pedimental head. Plainer return elevation to Dean's Court with frieze (continuing inscription) and bracketed cornice.
Listing NGR: TQ3189881068
