101 Park Avenue

Description

This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.

TQ 08 NE PARK AVENUE (north side) 41/501 No 101 GV II

House. c.1936 by Connell, Ward and Lucus; later C20 alterations. Painted concrete. 3 storeys. Asymmetrical elevation of 2 bays the right-hand bay wider and breaking forward on ground and 1st floors; garage projects forward from left-hand bay. In Modern Movement style. Late C20 glazing and doors but copying original fenestration and glazing-bar pattern. Porch in angle with garage, originally open-fronted, now with ex-situ 1930s door. To its right, long window with door on right. Similar window and door above, door opening on to solid-fronted, iron-railed, balcony. 2nd floor originally an open-fronted sun-deck; now walled and with continuous window. Left-bay: garage, now part of house has glazed sliding door. Above it rises stair bay with central solid panel framed by glazing. Flat roof with oversailing eaves. Rear: left bay recessed on 1st and 2nd floors. On ground floor wide doorway and 3-light window; another doorway to right-hand bay. On 1st floor left bay has door giving access to bowed, iron-railed, balcony, with continuous window to right and 3-light window to right bay. On 2nd floor formerly open sun deck has vertical board walling with 3 small windows; 2-light window to right bay. Right return: 3 porthole windows to ground floor. Left return: board door in internal porch which has milk-bottle rack.

Interior: original doors and cupboards (with original handles); between kitchen and dining room pivoting door with semicircular shelves and hatch and drawers opening on to both rooms; original parquet floors; dog-leg stair has solid-walled balustrade and original handrail; original glass door with glazing bars to stairs up to former sun deck.

Listing NGR: TQ0938588278

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This is part of the Series: IOE01/0496 IOE Records taken by Elisabeth Cox; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

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© Elisabeth Cox. Source: Historic England Archive

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