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133, Upper Street

A Grade II Listed Building in Islington, London

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.5391 / 51°32'20"N

Longitude: -0.1027 / 0°6'9"W

OS Eastings: 531680

OS Northings: 183952

OS Grid: TQ316839

Mapcode National: GBR P2.3F

Mapcode Global: VHGQT.5KLZ

Plus Code: 9C3XGVQW+JW

Entry Name: 133, Upper Street

Listing Date: 30 September 1994

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1292531

English Heritage Legacy ID: 369402

ID on this website: 101292531

Location: Islington, London, N1

County: London

District: Islington

Electoral Ward/Division: St Mary's

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Islington

Traditional County: Middlesex

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London

Church of England Parish: St Mary Islington

Church of England Diocese: London

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Description



ISLINGTON

TQ3183NE UPPER STREET
635-1/59/873 (West side)
No.133

II

Former school building, now shops, offices and garage. Early
C19. Yellow brick set in Flemish bond, stucco, roof obscured
by parapet to front building, roof of slate to rear. Four
storeys, five-window range, double-fronted. Ground-floor shop
front in stucco with central round-arched entrance flanked by
pilasters with consoles, and round-arched archivolt between,
the doorcase with decorative glazing to the fanlight;
mid-to-late C19 fascia surives with consoles and fascia stops
with decorative wrought-iron finials; all upper windows
flat-arched with gauged brick heads, except that the central
first-floor window has moulded stucco architrave with cornice
on consoles, and above this a moulded stucco panel has had a
window introduced into it; stucco sill band to second-floor
windows, moulded stucco cornice; end stacks; original
rainwater heads on right-hand return.
Three-storey wing to rear with apsidal ends and five-window
range to north side; C20 garage openings to ground floor,
first-floor windows round-arched and rebuilt in replica,
rebuilt parapet; late C20 mansard roof with dormers;
single-storey wing of uncertain date in the angle of the front
and rear buildings.
INTERIOR: : vestibule and entrance hall have pilasters
carrying round arches, the ceiling cross-vaulted with modelled
doves of peace in the side spandrels and a boss in the form of
a modelled wreath; in the former schoolroom on the first floor
of the rear building, is a gallery of late C20 construction,
replacing an earlier one.


Listing NGR: TQ3168083952

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