No. 2, Short’s Gardens

Short’s Gardens / Nos. 2-26 (even): No. 2, Short’s Gardens
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Designations

Listing
Grade II
Building of Merit
No
Shopfront of Merit
No

Appraisal

No. 2, Short’s Gardens

The return elevation to the grade II listed building, formerly The Grapes public house of 1835, fronting Seven Dials. It comprises a three-storey classically detailed, painted stucco-faced elevation of three bays at first and second floor levels with rusticated quoins at the corners below a full cornice and decorative parapet. The central tri-partite window at first floor level is contained within an aedicule (framed by columns on either side and a pediment above). The sash windows are undivided. The very fine, late-19th/early-20th century end pilasters of the three-bay ground floor storey of the former public house survive, faced in very attractive decorated faience tiling featuring vines and bunches of grapes.

A building of special architectural and historic interest and particular townscape value contributing substantially to the character, appearance and significance of the Seven Dials Conservation Area.

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  1. 2 Short's Gardens
  2. 2 Short's Gardens (1974). Courtesy London Metropolitan Archives.

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