The Wharrie Cabmen's Shelter
The Wharrie Cabmen's Shelter, Rosslyn Hill
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1067834
- Date first listed:
- 24-Oct-2002
- List Entry Name:
- The Wharrie Cabmen's Shelter
- Statutory Address:
- The Wharrie Cabmen's Shelter, Rosslyn Hill
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1067834
- Date first listed:
- 24-Oct-2002
- List Entry Name:
- The Wharrie Cabmen's Shelter
- Statutory Address 1:
- The Wharrie Cabmen's Shelter, Rosslyn Hill
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 Wharrie Cabmen's Shelter, Rosslyn Hill
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Greater London Authority
- District:
- Camden (London Borough)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 27093 85366
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 21 April 2023 to amend the name and address and to reformat the text to current standards
798-1/0/10194
ROSSLYN HILL
The Wharrie Cabmen's Shelter
(Formerly listed as The Wharrie Cabman's Shelter)
24-OCT-02
GV
II
The Wharrie Cabman's Shelter
Cabman's shelter. 1935 by Elisabeth Scott of Scott, Chesterton and Shepherd. Elm boarding on cedar frame, standing on concrete legs. Metal windows. Single storey kiosk on Coffee-stall with shelter to right. Deep eaves with decorative panels underneath. Mosaic panel designed by John Cooper set into floor in front of counter dated April 1935 and inscribed THE WHARRIE SHELTER, depicting taxi-related objects in a Cubist-influenced composition.
HISTORY: this kiosk was donated by Mary Wharrie, daughter of Sir Henry Harben, first Mayor of Hampstead. It replaced an earlier structure on this prominent site, which had been given to the Borough of Hampstead by the Harbens. It is a very unusual structure, designed in a Modern Movement vein, with a mosaic of high quality. The paintwork to doors and window frames was originally painted in red and yellow. Scott (1898-1972) had gained her reputation through winning the 1928 competition for the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre at Stratford-upon-Avon.
SOURCES: The Architect and Building news, 17th May 1935, 170 & 190-91; Hampstead & Highgate Express, 22 November 1996.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 489820
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
The Architect and Building News in 17 May, (1935), 170 190-1
Hampstead and Highgate Express in 22 November 1996, ()
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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