Statutory list reference: 9/77

Statutory List grade: Grade II
First listed: 30/03/1987
Period: Early 19th Century
Monument type: Houses
National Grid reference E: 403619  N: 288825
Conservation Area: It is not in a Conservation Area
Building at risk: This building is not at risk

Statutory list description:

Row of seven houses, now offices. Early to mid-CI9.  Buff-coloured brick with slate roof. Two storeys. All openings have segmental heads. At the left is  taller block of three bays under a hipped roof. The paired door-ways are in the central bay. The other five former houses are each of two bays. The right hand bay of each has a blind recess on the first floor and a doorway below. The doorway of the right hand house is now blocked. Chimneys to each side of taller block, and to right of third and fourth houses. Soho Foundry is on the site of the foundry established in 1796 by Boulton, Watt and Sons for the manufacture of steam engine parts. These houses stood out- side the gates of the original foundry. The left hand house is said to have been occupied for a few years by William Murdock (1754 - 1839), the company's chief engine erector and a pioneer of gas lighting. (Gale, W K V, Soho Foundry, 1946).

Further information:

This building or structure is included in the schedule of buildings of special architectural or historic interest made under to the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 and preceding legislation. This record was last updated on 1st April 2006. For advice as to any subsequent additions or deletions to the statutory list entry, please contact the Council's Conservation Officer.