Nos. 27-29, Shelton Street

Shelton Street / Nos. 25-33 (odd): Nos. 27-29, Shelton Street
Cambridge Theatre
25
27-29
31-33

Designations

Listing
No
Building of Merit
Yes
Shopfront of Merit
Yes - no. 29b

Appraisal

Nos. 27-29 Shelton Street

Nos. 27-29, comprises a six-storey, mid/late-19th century, former brewery building of ten bays, with segmentally-arched openings at all levels containing modern, subdivided, painted metal casements. Inward-opening doors and drop-down flaps survive at first, third, fourth and fifth floor levels in three, deep-set, full-height recesses with black bull-nose brick jambs, along the length of the building, together with folding cranes at high level.

A strongly expressed cornice runs along the length of the building above the third floor level window-openings. There is unfortunate overpainting in bright red of the London Stock brick along part of the ground floor level.

The building forms an integral part of a group of buildings of special architectural and historic interest and is of townscape value contributing to the character, appearance and significance of the Seven Dials Conservation Area.

Alterations over recent years, when the buildings were converted into warehouses after the brewery moved and later, have resulted in a somewhat uneven appearance to parts of the brickwork which could be improved if the lighter parts were to be toned down to match the older brick.

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Photographs

  1. 27 Shelton Street.
  2. 27 Shelton Street (1974). Courtesy London Metropolitan Archives.
  3. 31 Shelton Street (1974). Courtesy London Metropolitan Archives.
  4. 31-33 Shelton Street (1974). Courtesy London Metropolitan Archives.
  5. 29-31 Shelton Street (1974). Courtesy London Metropolitan Archives.

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