No. 24, Earlham Street

Earlham Street / Nos. 2-28 (even): No. 24, Earlham Street
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Designations

Listing
Grade II
Building of Merit
No
Shopfront of Merit
Yes

Appraisal

No. 24, Earlham Street

One of a pair, with no. 26, of altered grade II Listed properties, rebuilt in the early-to-mid-19th century.

A two-bay, three-storey street elevation with mansard and dormer above – originally London Stock brick with painted stucco dressings and undivided, sash windows. No. 24 has a return elevation to the northern arm of Tower Court and a stucco frieze carrying the name ‘R. Portwine’ inscribed in excellent lettering, referring to its former use as a butcher’s shop, the sash-shop windows of which survive in the return to Tower Court. This venerable local business traded into the new millennium. The original cast-iron rainwater head serving 24 and 26 survives at high level.

While elements of the original mid or late-19th century shopfront survive, it has been adversely altered. It is also currently painted in an inappropriate light blue colour. A poorly designed internally-illuminated double sided projecting box sign has been added.

The property is of both architectural and historic interest and of townscape value contributing positively to the character, appearance and significance of the Seven Dials Conservation Area.

The internally-illuminated double sided projecting box sign should be removed and replaced with a well detailed double sided projecting hanging sign. The shopfront should be re-painted in an appropriate colour.

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  1. 24 Earlham Street 24 Earlham Street
  2. 24-26 Earlham Street (1974). Courtesy London Metropolitan Archives.
  3. 18-24 Earlham Street (1957). Courtesy London Metropolitan Archives.

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