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NUMBER 184 AND ATTACHED WALL

NUMBER 184 AND ATTACHED WALL, 184, SHEPHERDS BUSH ROAD

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1079760
Date first listed:: 24-Sep-1990
List Entry Name:: NUMBER 184 AND ATTACHED WALL
Statutory Address:: NUMBER 184 AND ATTACHED WALL, 184, SHEPHERDS BUSH ROAD

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1079760
Date first listed:: 24-Sep-1990
List Entry Name:: NUMBER 184 AND ATTACHED WALL
Statutory Address 1:: NUMBER 184 AND ATTACHED WALL, 184, SHEPHERDS BUSH ROAD

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.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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.

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Location

Statutory Address:: NUMBER 184 AND ATTACHED WALL, 184, SHEPHERDS BUSH ROAD

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:: Greater London Authority
District:: Hammersmith and Fulham (London Borough)
Parish:: Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:: TQ 23366 79042

Details

The following shall be added:

TQ 2379 SHEPHERDS BUSH ROAD

4/103 No 184 and attached wall.

II GV

Former motor service depot and showroom. Circa 1916 by H Heathcote and Sons of Manchester for Ford Motor Company (England) Ltd. An early use in this country of a complete reinforced concrete frame; brick clad with painted cement dressings. Frame junctionally exposed on returns and rear elevation. 3-storeys and basement. 9 bays. Main facade to road of brown brick with full height brick pilasters, having sunken panels, stepped cement. enrichment at floor levels and terminating in festooned cartouches. Pilaster separate bays of recessed metal framed windows with mullions, glazing bars and orange brick flat arches. Painted cement entablature at first floor level with black panels in frieze. Second floor with sunken panels of orange brick, the top panels being in herringbone pattern. Orange brick sunken panels beneath projecting modillion cornice with brick blocking course and central rectangular painted cement pediment flanked by scrolled consoles. Former vehicle entrances on ground floor. Main pedestrian entrance on right hand return, part of which in similar style to main facade but with lights of smaller panes to articulate managerial spaces. Entrance of mahogany glazed door flanked by sidelights and having tripartite small-paned-window above. Rear portion with exposed frame. Rear elevation with exposed frame filled by metal framed windows with glazing bars, those at second floor level with red brick aprons. Ground floor has raised platform to loading'bays with glazed penthouse roof on cast iron trusses. Red brick parapet to roof. Attached red brick wall to main facade with pillars and panels of herringbone brickwork. Interiors mostly open plan on octagonal columns apart from offices and part of showroom. Ground floor right hand end retains moulded ceilings, cornices and mahogany panelling (now painted over) of original showrooms. Main entrance hall mahogany panelled with black veined marble skirting; black and white Green key type pattern tiled floor. Mahogany double doors lead to showroom. Closed string dogleg stair has white marble treads (now covered), cast iron balusters of Greek key design, mahogany handrail. Newel posts with ball finials and panelled dado. Large first floor landing with similar tiles to hall and mahogany part glazed screens with black veined marble skirting; strikingly lit by large small-paned windows on opposite wall. Ladies toilet off, tiled and having solid white marble slab cubicle partitions; original handbasins. Some good brass door furniture remains throughout. At either end of the building, large lifts (still operational) to take vehicles to upper floors, that'on the left rising onto the flat roof where vehicles were test driven; probably a unique feature in this country at the time. This was probably Ford's first.industrial building in the London area and the quality of materials and design reflect the status of the motor car at this period. The depot was taken over by Citroen in 1926.

Listing NGR: TQ2336679042

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This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.