Lloyd Square, a

garden square A garden square is a type of communal garden in an urban area wholly or substantially surrounded by buildings; commonly, it continues to be applied to public and private parks formed after such a garden becomes accessible to the public at large. ...

Clerkenwell Clerkenwell ( ) is an area of central London, England. Clerkenwell was an Civil Parish#Ancient parishes, ancient parish from the medieval period onwards, and now forms the south-western part of the London Borough of Islington. The St James's C ...

,Church of England parish finder
Parish of Holy Redeemer, ''Clerkenwell'', London

central London Central London is the innermost part of London, in England, spanning the City of London and several boroughs. Over time, a number of definitions have been used to define the scope of Central London for statistics, urban planning and local gove ...

, It consists of Grade II Listed houses making up a square of unique and noted character in central London.

Its nearest tube stations are Kings Cross, Russell Square, Farringdon, Angel and Chancery Lane. The square has mature trees, flowers, beds and shrubs and is lined by neat hedges and formal railings, which are listed.

Architecture

The listing for the short row starting with 14 describes a terrace of ten semi-detached, linked, villas of 1832 on the upper (north) side. Planned in 1822, the South side was built in 1828 and the remainder, laid out in 1832 - all by John Booth and son John, surveyors. The senior's other son, William J. Booth was architect for the homes on this land, before his work, belonging to the Lloyd Baker family who managed & owned it as "The Lloyd Baker Estate". Brown and "gold" stock bricks, some darkened by coal pollution chiefly before the

Clean Air Act 1956 The Clean Air Act 1956 (4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 52) was an Act of Parliament, Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom enacted principally in response to London's Great Smog of London, Great Smog of 1952. It was sponsored by the Ministry of Housi ...

and accumulation of less-dark hydrocarbon/diesel particulates, are set in

Flemish bond Flemish bond is a pattern of brickwork that is a common feature in Georgian architecture. The pattern features bricks laid lengthwise (''stretchers'') alternating with bricks laid with their shorter ends exposed (''headers'') within the same cou ...

for the house walls with classical

stucco Stucco or render is a construction material made of aggregates, a binder, and water. Stucco is applied wet and hardens to a very dense solid. It is used as a decorative coating for walls and ceilings, exterior walls, and as a sculptural and ...

dressings and one grand pediment per pair. The roofs, often extended are above gables and feature Welsh and false slate, parts being obscured by parapet walls; they have brick central chimney stacks. The dimensions and colours are of a restrained

Greek Revival Greek Revival architecture is a architectural style, style that began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in northern Europe, the United States, and Canada, ...

style: two-storeys with a basement; two main projecting window-bays per front per floor, and a recessed small-window entrance bay coupled as a link. The left-hand and right-hand walls to the far ends with scattered windows. Low steps rise to a deeply recessed stucco entrance with antae supporting the

entablature An entablature (; nativization of Italian , from "in" and "table") is the superstructure of moldings and bands which lies horizontally above columns, resting on their capitals. Entablatures are major elements of classical architecture, and ...

, save № 15 (altered). Architraved doorways have a corniced-head, rectangular, overlight and original panelled door except nos. 14 and 18. № 20's has a reeded surround with corner stops. Architraved sash windows are used. № 17 has cast-iron window guards. The first floor adds margin lights (windows) and balconies to the recessed (property) links with narrower doors or

sashes A sash is a large and usually colorful ribbon or band of material worn around the human body, either draping from one shoulder to the opposing hip and back up, or else encircling the waist. The sash around the waist may be worn in daily attire, ...

. №s 15 to 16 have turned wooden columns which once supported a porch roof with notable patching in to the brick wall. № s21 to 22 there have a cast-iron framework with glazed roof and in-style support. Plain stucco band beneath pediments (four having stucco infill to lower corners). A stucco parapet wall has an alike coping or blocking course as to the (property) links. Paved flagstones dot the outdoors. The street-side, cast-iron railings have urn finials.

References

Survey of London Volume XLVII pages 277+

External links

{{coords, 51.5285, -0.1120, display=title Greek Revival architecture in the United Kingdom Garden squares in London Squares in the London Borough of Islington Listed buildings in the London Borough of Islington Clerkenwell