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THURLOE PLACE , SW7
English Heritage Reference: 425160
RBKC Reference: 40/52
Property: CABMEN'S SHELTER IN CENTRE OF ROAD OUTSIDE ORATORY HOUSE   
Street: THURLOE PLACE , SW7
Date: 10/06/1988
Grade: II
Grouped: GV
Description: Cabmen�s shelter. Erected in 1897 to design of 1882 by the architect Maximilian Clarke. Timber frame with timber cladding and overlapping timber boards to low pitched half-hipped roof, with overhanging eaves. One storey. Seven main bays by 3 bays. Entrance to south-west end. Horizontal and vertical members of frame expressed with panels of vertical boarding set between. Three square headed 6 pane windows to sides, with glazing bars; pivoting lights above with fretwork panels between below eaves. Louvred gablets to ends and to each side, and square louvre to centre of roof with tented rooflet. A rare intact surviving example of this design.
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