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Abbey (Canons') Garden

A Grade II Listed Building in City of Westminster, London

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.4977 / 51°29'51"N

Longitude: -0.1267 / 0°7'36"W

OS Eastings: 530132

OS Northings: 179308

OS Grid: TQ301793

Mapcode National: GBR HK.Q8

Mapcode Global: VHGQZ.RMD6

Plus Code: 9C3XFVXF+38

Entry Name: Abbey (Canons') Garden

Listing Date: 1 December 1987

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1219484

English Heritage Legacy ID: 208814

ID on this website: 101219484

Location: Westminster, London, SW1P

County: London

District: City of Westminster

Electoral Ward/Division: St James's

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: City of Westminster

Traditional County: Middlesex

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London

Church of England Parish: Westminster Abbey Extra Parochial Place

Church of England Diocese: London

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Description


TO 3079 SW CITY OF WESTMINSTER BROAD SANCTUARY, SW1 101/23 (ABBEY PRECINCT AND WESTMINSTER SCHOOL)

Abbey (Canons') Garden: No 1 G.V. II

Former canon's house now offices. 1882 by J.L. Pearson. Red brick with plenty of stone dressings, slate roofs. Restrained Tudor-Gothic style with simple and effective flush setting of stone dressings with brickwork. 2 storeys and basement with attics in gabled roofs. 3 window wide north and south fronts, the main and more elaborated one facing north into garden with the outer window bays advanced and gabled. Central 4-centred arched doorway with moulded jambs and drip mould. Stone mullioned and transomed iron framed casements with cusped arches under squared heads, carried across full width of advanced gabled bays with stone dressings run up the angles; weathered sill courses and flush stone bands, stone coped gables. External chimney stacks to flanks and twin chimney stacks to centre ridge linked by stone bridge-capping with blank tracery. Plainer but similar rear south elevation behind Precinct wall overlooking Great College Street.

J.L. Pearson; Anthony Quiney.

Listing NGR: TQ3013279308

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