An interior view of the Old Oak Room at the Metropolitan Water Board Headquarters building at New River Head, Rosebery Avenue, looking towards a seating area in front of the fireplace

Date:
1921
Location:
Metropolitan Water Board, 173-177 Rosebury Avenue, Clerkenwell, Islington, Greater London Authority
Reference:
BL25411
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

This large office building, constructed between 1915 and 1920, was designed by the architect Herbert Austen Hall, for whom the photograph was also likely to have been taken. The French Classical style building incorporated earlier interior rooms and fittings, such as the Old Oak Room here pictured. This room dates to the late seventeenth century and was formerly the Board Room of Water House. The oval painting on the plaster ceiling depicts King William III, and the elaborate overmantel also depicts the Royal achievement of William III.

Content

This is part of the Series: HBL01/01 Series Of Photographic Negatives And Prints; within the Collection: HBL01 The Bedford Lemere Collection

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Architect: Hall, Herbert Austen

Keywords

Boardroom, Early 20th Century Office