Description

ISLINGTON

TQ3183NE GIBSON SQUARE
635-1/59/414 (East side)
29/09/72 Nos.44-70 (Consecutive)
and attached railings

GV II

Terraced houses. c.1828-30. Yellow brick set in Flemish bond,
stucco, roofs of Welsh and artificial slate, so far as
visible. Three and four storeys over basement, two windows
each, except to nos 50 and 69 which have one window each. Nos
49-70 form a symmetrical group in relation to Gibson Square,
nos 58-61 being a centrepiece, breaking forward, nos 49-51 and
68-70 endpieces also breaking forward; the endpieces have
three pairs of giant pilasters with entablature, and a
pediment to the middle house. Basement and ground floor
stuccoed, the ground floor decorated with banded rustication;
steps up to round-arched entrance with pilaster jambs which
are panelled except to nos 46 (reeded), 50 and 51 (plain) and
65, 66 and 70 which have pilasters partly sunk in the jamb,
cornice, fanlight, with decorative glazing to nos 42-7, 49-51,
53-58, 62-63, 65 and 69; some panelled doors. Ground-floor
window round-arched with radiating glazing bars to all, except
that on nos 47-49, 51, 56, 59-60, 67-68 they are either
missing or replaced. First-floor windows flat-arched with
stucco architrave and cornice except on nos 58-61 which have
round-arched windows with gauged brick heads and radiating
glazing bars to nos 58-60; iron balconies to all except no 68.
Second-floor windows are flat-arched with stucco architraves.
Cornice and attic storey to nos 44-5 and 58-61, the rest
having a stucco band to the parapet, entablature and pediments
to nos 49-51 and 68-70. Stacks on party walls. Cast-iron
railings to area with ball-and-disc and spear and tassel
finials.

Listing NGR: TQ3151083851

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26490169

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Recommended Books

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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)