Victoria Buildings, 42-50 Grainger Street, NE1

  • Description

    "Built 1874 by Matthew Thompson for Sir Walter Scott. Another high Victorian palace of trade and administration, still locked into somewhat dated elaborate Italianesque styles, heavy in its treatment of dormers, window pillars and supporting brackets. The building is Grade II listed http://list.historicengland.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1024867 . See also [[4485300]]. The Buildings of Grainger Town - No.136. See [[4406042]]." Photo by Mike Quinn, 2014.
  • Owner

    Mike Quinn
  • Source

    Geograph (Geograph)
  • License

    What does this mean? Creative Commons License
  • Further information

    Link: http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4485295
    Resource type: Image
    Added by: Simon Cotterill
    Last modified: 2 weeks, 6 days ago
    Viewed: 50 times
    Picture Taken: 2014-09-13
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