Davina
House, Clerkenwell, London
Architect
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Hobden & Porri, and the
builders W. J. Fryer & Co
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Date
Built
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1910 - 12
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Location
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Goswell Road
and Percival Street
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Description
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Davina House occupies the corner of Percival
Street and Goswell Road in Clerkenwell.
It stands 7 bays wide on Percival Street and 5
on Goswell Road. It was built originally for
James Badcock & Son Ltd, manufacturers of
children's clothing.
Between 1911 and 1913 the building was
extended along Goswell Road. This time
the architect was F. Boreham, Son, &
Gladding and the contractiors were Kirk &
Kirk. The new building was of the same
height but was somewhat more decorative.
At street level there was a small post office
(possibly indicated by the presence of the
pillar boxes) and on the corner with Sabastian
Street a branch of the London Joint Stock Bank
(later the Midland Bank). The intertwined
initials LJSB can still be seen above the
corner entrance.
The buildings original
commercial function is illustrated by the
"taking-in" doors on the Sabastian Street
side.
The
british-history.ac.uk website says of
this combination of buildings that, "...
The upper factory floors and a
full-height rear wing were taken
by various manufacturing tenants,
including French Bros Ltd,
'ostrich feather manufacturers'.
The top (sixth) storey on both
builds, extending across all but
the southwest section facing
Percival Street, was added in
1914–15, under Boreham, Son, &
Gladding, with Pickering & Son
as contractors. In 2004–7
the upper storeys of Nos 151–7
were converted to student
accommodation by the specialist
company Studius."
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