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Chenies Street Chambers       Historical Society

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ADDENDUM B

CHENIES STREET CHAMBERS

ORIGINAL FEATURES IN CHENIES STREET CHAMBERS

(FOR FUTURE REFERENCE)

Chenies Street Chambers was purpose-built as a Dwelling for Professional

Ladies in 1888. The women occupants in the 1891 census list their

professions as musician, lecturer, physician, artist, etc. and included one

of the pioneer thinkers on the theory of Penal Reform. The building was

bombed during the Second World War and rebuilt, so that many of the original

features (including the Main Entrance, which was on Chenies Street) have

been lost. The few features that remain, including remnants of the chapel

in the basement, complete with pillars, should be preserved.

BASEMENT:

Flats 1,2,3 are in the original part of the building (not damaged by

bombing).

Any ornamental mouldings above doors, and door frames are to be preserved

Ceiling to be preserved with the original panels

pillars to be preserved

floor to be preserved

LANDINGS- BASEMENT TO GROUND FLOOR

GROUND FLOOR TO FIRST FLOOR

FIRST FLOOR TO SECOND FLOOR

SECOND FLOOR TO THIRD FLOOR

THIRD FLOOR TO FOURTH FLOOR

Window sill tiles to be restored by sensitively and carefully stripping

paint away to reveal the tiles.

GROUND FLOOR - FLATS 4,5,6 corridor

wall tiles and dado rail to be preserved and restored (sensitively and

carefully stripped to their original surface) (both sides of wall; includes

wall tiles and dado rail in fire lobby).

door frames and mouldings to be preserved and restored

window frame running along corridor to be preserved and restored

FIRST FLOOR- FLATS 7,8,9

NOTE: original wall tiles and dado rail to be preserved and restored. (both

sides of wall, including the fire lobby)

NOTE: Door frames and mouldings to be preserved and restored.

SECOND FLOOR CORRIDOR Flats 10-12

NOTE: original wall tiles and dado rail to be preserved and restored in the

fire lobby).

NOTE: Door frames and mouldings to be preserved and restored.

THIRD FLOOR CORRIDOR FLATS 13-15

NOTE: original wall tiles to be preserved and restored. (both sides of wall,

including the fire lobby).