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55, Borough High Street

A Grade II Listed Building in Southwark, London

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Latitude: 51.5047 / 51°30'16"N

Longitude: -0.0899 / 0°5'23"W

OS Eastings: 532665

OS Northings: 180145

OS Grid: TQ326801

Mapcode National: GBR RG.YS

Mapcode Global: VHGR0.DFBW

Plus Code: 9C3XGW36+V2

Entry Name: 55, Borough High Street

Listing Date: 3 December 1975

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1378353

English Heritage Legacy ID: 470652

ID on this website: 101378353

Location: The Borough, Southwark, London, SE1

County: London

District: Southwark

Electoral Ward/Division: Chaucer

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Southwark

Traditional County: Surrey

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London

Church of England Parish: St Saviour with All Hallows Southwark

Church of England Diocese: Southwark

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SOUTHWARK

TQ3280SE BOROUGH HIGH STREET
636-1/17/85 (East side)
03/12/75 No.55

GV II

House, now offices, late C17 or early C18, refronted mid C19
and with later C20 alterations. Stock brick; tiled roof with
flat roofed dormer.
3 storeys and attic; 1 bay. Stack to left. Original gable to
rear but with later fenestration. Ground-floor later C20 shop
front. 1st- and 2nd-floor windows later C20 metal casements
(replacing mid C19 tripartite sashes) under rebuilt brick
soldier arches.
INTERIOR: has staircase from 1st floor up, with ovolo-moulded
closed string, square sectioned rail, newel with ball finial
and pendants, urn shaped balusters, removed, stripped and
replaced. Fireplaces blocked but said to survive behind C20
boarding. 2-panelled doors, at front with H-hinges, at rear
with HL-hinges. 1st-floor kitchen range in rear room.
No.55 forms a group with No.53 (qv).

Listing NGR: TQ3266880143

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