Description

CAMDEN

TQ2982SW GRAFTON WAY
798-1/93/620 (North side)
19/11/70 No.58
and attached railings
(Formerly Listed as:
GRAFTON WAY
Nos.52-56, 58, 60 & 62 (Even))

GV II*

Terraced house. c1792. Built by C Mead. For W and J Adam.
Yellow stock brick.
4 storeys and basement. 3 windows. Round-arched doorway with
Roman Doric columns carrying enriched entablature-head,
patterned radial fanlight and panelled door. Continuous
cast-iron balcony at 1st floor level. Gauged brick flat arches
to recessed sashes. Parapet.
INTERIOR: retains original stair with panelled hall and some
panelled rooms.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached cast-iron railings with urn
finials to area.
HISTORICAL NOTE: this was the home of Francisco de Miranda. A
stone plaque between the ground floor windows reads "Francisco
de Miranda1750-1816lived in this housebetween 1803 &
1810Born in Caracas, Venezuela. He wasthe forerunner of the
independenceof the republics of Latin America. Here he met
in 1810 the LiberatorSimon Bolivar."

Listing NGR: TQ2927582160

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17542363

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Recommended Books

• 
  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)