Central
St. Martins School of Art, London
Architect
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E. P. Wheeler
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Date
Built
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1938
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Location
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Southampton
Row, Camden Town
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Description
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This Grade II*
Listed building on the corner of Southampton
Row and Theobalds Road was once home to
Central St. Martin's College of Art and
Design. Originally it was shared by the
Central School of Arts and Crafts and the
London Day Training College. The listing
comments describe it as follows:
"5 storeys and corner attic. Long front of
14 windows to Southampton Row, canted
corner and short return of 6 windows
to Theobalds Road and three to High
Holborn. Ground storey has
round-headed windows and impost bands
with rectangular slabs of granite
above, originally intended for
relief carvings. First and second storeys
have windows of irregular width,
slightly recessed and united under a
round-headed arch. Third storey with
similar windows between string courses.
Fourth storey with small, square
windows alternating with decorative
stone grilles in the form of
lozenges with inset circles. Heavy
bracketed cornice."
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