Earlham House

The Dials / Seven Corners Fronting the Dials: Earlham House
Earlham House
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2 Short's Gardens
Cambridge Theatre
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Fielding Court

Designations

Listing
No
Building of Merit
No
Shopfront of Merit
No

Appraisal

Earlham House, nos. 17-23 (odd), Earlham Street and no. 35, Mercer Street

Occupying a key site on the western side of The Dials, Earlham House is a 1970s retail and residential building designed by Richard Seifert and Partners. It has a four-storey red brick faced street elevation to Earlham Street with recessed, open balconies and set-back top storey, extending eastwards to The Dials. There is a short, splayed elevation to The Dials and a long return elevation along Mercer Street.

Earlham House comprises flats (nos. 1 to 19 (consec.) on the upper floors, accessed from an entrance in Mercer Street, above retail use at ground floor level. There are three extensively glazed shopfronts at ground floor level, with two modest internally illuminated double sided, projecting box signs.

An unlisted building which plays an understated role in defining the north-west corner of The Dials, but otherwise undistinguished architecturally, neither contributing to nor detracting from the character, appearance or significance of the Seven Dials Conservation Area.

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Photographs

  1. The Dials, corner Earlham Street and Mercer Street
  2. The Dials, empty lot, corner Earlham Street and Mercer Street (1975). Courtesy London Metropolitan Archives.
  3. Corner of Earlham Street and Mercer Street (c1910). Courtesy London Metropolitan Archives.

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