Description

CAMDEN

TQ3081SE CAREY STREET
798-1/106/1780 (North side)
Nos.51 AND 52
Thomas More Chambers

GV II

Legal chambers. 1888. By George Sherrin, initials CMA in
lintel. Cut red brick and stone with ground-floor shopfronts.
Roof not seen. 2 broad and 2 narrow windows to Carey Street
with entrance under the left of the latter. 2 storeys with
tall single stack in line with front of building. Cut red
brick swags and fruit decoration, oriels in broader bays to
left with decorative stonework. Cornice with egg-and-dart
moulding, bold projecting parapet with elaborate stone
decoration. Single bay return to Serle Street similarly
treated, with oriel over shopfront. Corner with plaque to Sir
Thomas More 'some time Lord Chancellor of England 1535' and
panelled door in Gibbs surround.
INTERIOR: entrance leads through to New Square, Lincoln's Inn
(qv) with marble stone floors and staircase, the latter with
bulbous vase-shaped timber balusters. Secondary stair with
wrought-iron balustrade against Serle Street elevation.

Listing NGR: TQ3097381254

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q27081877

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Recommended Books

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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Northumberland (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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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)