The Institution of Civil Engineers
The Institution of Civil Engineers, Great George Street, SW1
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1066740
- Date first listed:
- 26-Jul-1984
- List Entry Name:
- The Institution of Civil Engineers
- Statutory Address:
- The Institution of Civil Engineers, Great George Street, SW1
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- Date:
- 2006-04-28
- Reference:
- IOE01/15429/30
- Rights:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1066740
- Date first listed:
- 26-Jul-1984
- List Entry Name:
- The Institution of Civil Engineers
- Statutory Address 1:
- The Institution of Civil Engineers, Great George Street, SW1
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- The Institution of Civil Engineers, Great George Street, SW1
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Greater London Authority
- District:
- City of Westminster (London Borough)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 29956 79661
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 08/04/2019
TQ 2979 NE
91/28
CITY OF WESTMINSTER
GREAT GEORGE STREET, SW1
The Institution of Civil Engineers
26.7.84
GV
II
Institution headquarters. 1912, by James Miller. Stone, slate roof. Monumental corner block in grand Beaux Arts Dixhuitieme style. Two main storeys and half basement. Nine windows wide in a symmetrical composition with central entrance and slightly advanced end bays linked by giant colonnade to first floor. Channelled ground floor with central Ionic columned portal surmounted by elaborately carved crest. Square headed windows except for semicircular arched ones to central bays of ground floor; the first floor windows in channelled terminal pavilions with elaborate surrounds and framed as aedicules. Deep drowning entablature with balustraded parapet; tall attic to corner pavilion. Similar return to Storey's Gate. Stone area balustrade. Rich neo-Palladian and Baroque detailing to interiors and domed assembly hall.
Listing NGR: TQ2995679661
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 209881
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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