Description

ISLINGTON

TQ3181NE ST JOHN STREET
635-1/77/784 (East side)
20/12/91 Nos.34 AND 36

GV II

Warehouse of George Farmiloe and Sons Ltd, lead and glass
merchants. 1868 by Isaacs. Yellow brick and granite with
stucco to the ground floor and stucco dressings; roof obscured
by parapet. Four storeys over basement, seven-window range.
Eclectic in style. The central section, of three-window range,
is slightly recessed. Plinth of polished granite, rustication
to ground floor, continued as quoins either side of the wings.
Central round-arched entrance with springing band, archivolt,
head keystone, and five-sided arched hoodmould; stepped,
segmental-arched windows immediately to either side, and broad
elliptical-arched openings beyond that with head keystones,
that to the left divided into two round arches by a cast-iron
column with openwork decoration to the spandrels, that to the
right a carriage entrance with ornate iron gates; fascia with
sunk Roman letters 'LEAD & GLASS/GEORGE FARMILOE & SONS
LIMITED/MERCHANTS'; cornice interrupted by corbelled and
pedimented stops with Farmiloe's monogram in roundels.
First-floor windows flat-arched with round-arched panels
above, scrolled keystones, and decorative tympana, the central
window having a central column of polished granite; second-
and third-floor windows have segmental arches recessed under a
flat arch with springing band, upper part of an architrave and
decorative keystone; except that the central window on both
floors has a flat arch and central column of polished granite,
that to the second floor set under a segmental bracketed
canopy, that to third floor under a round arch; dentil cornice
between second and third floor. Entablature, the cornice
supported by single brackets in the centre and single and
paired brackets alternately on the wings; blocking course.
INTERIOR reported as retaining fine staircase and panelled
boardrooms. To the rear is a further range of 4 storeys and 5
bays with cast-iron galleries linking the two on several
floors.

Listing NGR: TQ3185681929

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Farmiloe Building at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q18159891

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