Description

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SP 0686 NE
33/36

City Centre
TEMPLE STREET B2
Trocadero and Albert Chambers

II

Mid C19, altered in the late C19. Ground floor of yellow tiles with some green and brown decorative work; upper storeys stuccoed. Three storeys; three bays, the outer two advanced and with boldly cut quoins left and right. Ground floor with plasters carrying an entablature with mosaic frieze in which ' Trocadero ', garlands and 'Albert Chambers' and a dentilled cornice. Within this framework is set a modern front between, on the left, an original wide arched entrance flanked by columns with stained glass windows above and, on the right, a subsidiary entrance to the chambers above. First and second floors each with four windows, those of the first floor with a moulded cornice running across their heads, those of the second floor with moulded sills and, the centre two, with big blocks above them. All window sashes complete with glazing bars. Heavily bracketted moulded eaves cornice. Only vestigial remains inside of the decoration of circa 1900.

Listing NGR: SP0692486855

External Links

• Trocadero at Wikipedia
• Wikidata IDs Q26340379 Q7844808

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Recommended Books

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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)