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Latitude: 51.5332 / 51°31'59"N
Longitude: -0.1112 / 0°6'40"W
OS Eastings: 531105
OS Northings: 183276
OS Grid: TQ311832
Mapcode National: GBR M4.5K
Mapcode Global: VHGQT.1Q2J
Plus Code: 9C3XGVMQ+7G
Entry Name: 50-56, Penton Street
Listing Date: 7 March 2002
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1359562
English Heritage Legacy ID: 488502
ID on this website: 101359562
Location: Pentonville, Islington, London, N1
County: London
District: Islington
Electoral Ward/Division: Barnsbury
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Islington
Traditional County: Middlesex
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London
Church of England Parish: St Silas Pentonville
Church of England Diocese: London
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635-1/0/10134 PENTON STREET
07-MAR-02 50-56
II
50-56 Penton Street. Pair of houses. Circa 1784. Yellow brick fronts with stone cills. Slate mansard roof to Nos.50-52, tiled roof to Nos.54-56. PLAN: central entrance and staircase, with single room to each side per floor; later additions to front. EXTERIORS: each house is three bays wide, with 6/6-pane sash windows to either side, and blind central bay with blocked openings to each floor (only to first floor of Nos.54-56). Ground floors concealed by mid-Victorian shops built out over front gardens. Nos.50-52 has been heightened with a mansard roof, probably at which time the front at second floor level was rebuilt. Rear elevations have been remodelled. INTERIORS: each house retains its wooden open-string staircase with columnar newel posts and square rails; staircase of No.54-56 retains wooden panelling to dado height. Some four-panel doors and moulded doorcases survive on upper floors; ground floor rear of No.54-56 retains a moulded architrave to blocked window on east wall.
HISTORY: first leased in 1784, these houses form part of the first phase of development of Pentonville, the large estate owned by Henry Penton MP.
SOURCE: information from the Survey of London, English Heritage.
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