Nos. 3-5, Mercer Street

Mercer Street / Nos. 1-17 (odd): Nos. 3-5, Mercer Street
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3-5
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17

Designations

Listing
No
Building of Merit
No
Shopfront of Merit
No

Appraisal

Nos. 3-5, Mercer Street, Maidstone House and Tonbridge House

A pair of grade II listed properties closely matching nos. 6-8, Mercer Street (Jebsen House) directly opposite, they are both distinctive blocks of exceptionally well-designed artisan (social) housing, dating from ca. 1905. Rising through basement and three storeys with a further storey within the roof-slopes, the properties are described as ‘out of the ordinary run of artisans’ houses’ in the relevant volume of The Buildings of England. They lack the ‘Poor Law’ austerity of many London flats of that date and are detailed with a baroque or Neo-Wren lushness. They are faced in glazed red brick and fine, rubbed red brick with painted Portland Stone dressings; deeply projecting white painted dentil-cornices and prominent brick chimneys. The access stairs have elaborate wrought-iron railings. The entrance doors have open, scroll pediments and the carved with the Mercers’ Company’s demi-Virgin heraldic device - the Mercers’ Maiden. The buildings are well-maintained and no improvement is required.

The properties are of particular, special architectural and historic interest and significance and contribute substantially to the character, appearance of the Covent Garden Conservation Area.

The white paintwork of the window joinery and smart, black painted doors are the correct Edwardian treatment and should be maintained.

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  1. 3-5 Mercer Street
  2. 1-5 Mercer Street (1974). Courtesy London Metropolitan Archives.

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