233 Shaftesbury Avenue, Holborn and Covent Garden, London

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.5163 / 51°30'58"N

Longitude: -0.1267 / 0°7'36"W

OS Eastings: 530077

OS Northings: 181371

OS Grid: TQ300813

Mapcode National: GBR HB.QM

Mapcode Global: VHGQZ.R4CY

Plus Code: 9C3XGV8F+G8

Entry Name: 233 Shaftesbury Avenue

Listing Date: 13 February 1989

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1271626

English Heritage Legacy ID: 477972

Also known as: 233, Shaftesbury Avenue

ID on this website: 101271626

Location: St Giles, Camden, London, WC2H

County: London

District: Camden

Electoral Ward/Division: Holborn and Covent Garden

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Camden

Traditional County: Middlesex

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London

Church of England Parish: St Giles-in-the-Fields

Church of England Diocese: London

Tagged with: Building

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TQ3081SW
798-1/105/1427

CAMDEN
SHAFTESBURY AVENUE (West side)
No.233

13/02/89

Speculative office block, 1927-29. By Hobden & Porri; carved details possibly by Henry Poole. Steel-frame faced in Portland stone. Neo Egyptian style.

Six storeys; six-bay range. Bay to right has vertically set slit lights, grouped in threes, to full height stairwell; Pharoah's head carved above fluted coved cornice with winged disc (symbol of god Horus) over square-headed doorway with moulded architrave. To left is three-bay entrance front with cushion capitals to columns, set in slightly projecting portico with winged disc feature set in coved palm-leaf cornice; square-head glazed entrance. Upper floors have metal framed windows and metal spandrel panels, with palm-leaf and Classical detailing, recessed between a giant order of piers continued to flattened palm-leaf capitals set beneath plain frieze with central winged disc feature and attic storey with square-headed windows; palm-leaf carving to boldly projecting cornice.

INTERIOR: not inspected.

Listing NGR: TQ3007681367

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