No. 82, Neal Street

Neal Street / Nos. 48-82 (even): No. 82, Neal Street
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Designations

Listing
No
Building of Merit
No
Shopfront of Merit
Yes

Appraisal

No. 82, Neal Street

Unlike the adjoining No. 80, no. 82 is not listed and has been reconstructed. It is occupied by The Punjab Restaurant which was one of the first Indian restaurants in London, having been established in 1946. Like no. 80 it has four storeys and two bays width, but has modern, subdivided Crittall casement-windows. The extensively but successfully restored, late-Georgian shopfront at ground floor level are excellent examples of scholarly restoration - smartly painted in blue. Matching, blue canvas, fully retractable blinds on both properties. Front elevation of no. 80 spoilt by a projecting, internally illuminated, hanging box-sign.

No. 82 is a building of only modest architectural interest, but the shopfront is of considerable townscape value, contributing to the character, appearance and significance of the Seven Dials Conservation Area.

A great improvement could be achieved the brickwork was to be soot washed and the existing Crittall windows replaced with traditionally detailed 6-over-6 sash-windows with lamb's tongue glazing-bars.

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  1. 82 Neal Street
  2. 80-82 Neal Street (1956). Courtesy London Metropolitan Archives.
  3. 80-82 Neal Street (1974). Courtesy London Metropolitan Archives.
  4. 82 Neal Street (1974). Courtesy London Metropolitan Archives.

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