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Appraisal

No. 26, Earlham Street

One of a pair, with no. 24, of altered grade II Listed properties, rebuilt in the early-to-mid-19^th 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. Regrettably the cornice on no. 26 has been lost and the brick elevation overpainted. The original cast-iron rainwater head serving both 26 and 24 survives at high level. While the 19^th-century consoles and cornice of the shopfront survive, together with other elements of the original, mid or late-19^th-century shopfront, it has been adversely altered. An externally-illuminated double sided projecting hanging sign has been added at first floor level.

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 overpainting of the brickwork of the upper floors should be carefully removed and the original shopfront reinstated as far as is practicable, and finished in appropriate colours. In addition, at high level, the poorly proportioned and detailed, modern dormer on no. 26 should be removed and one or a pair of well-proportioned and detailed dormers reinstated.