Lodge west of the Natural History Museum

Natural History Museum, Queens Gate, London, SW7 5BD

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Lodge to the Natural History Museum of 1883 by Alfred Waterhouse. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1190175
Date first listed:: 15-Apr-1969
List Entry Name:: Lodge west of the Natural History Museum
Statutory Address:: Natural History Museum, Queens Gate, London, SW7 5BD

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1190175
Date first listed:: 15-Apr-1969
Date of most recent amendment:: 29-Jul-2016
List Entry Name:: Lodge west of the Natural History Museum
Statutory Address 1:: Natural History Museum, Queens Gate, London, SW7 5BD

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:: Natural History Museum, Queens Gate, London, SW7 5BD

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

County:: Greater London Authority
District:: Kensington and Chelsea (London Borough)
Parish:: Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:: TQ 26518 79072

Summary

Lodge to the Natural History Museum of 1883 by Alfred Waterhouse.

Reasons for Designation

The lodge to the Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, South Kensington, of 1883 by Alfred Waterhouse, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:

* Architectural interest: designed in a style and with materials consistent with the Museum building, the lodge is meticulously designed with distinctive terracotta detailing; * Historic interest: it is an integral part of Waterhouse's Museum complex and thus has national cultural significance; * Group value: with the Museum, gates, gatepiers, railings and Porter's Lodge, all listed at Grade I.

History

The history of the Natural History Museum is summarised in the List entry for the main Museum building. The lodge to the west was built in 1883 as a pair of houses for a resident engineer and messenger. The interiors are said to have fixtures and fittings of the mid C20. At the time of inspection in 2016, the lodge was undergoing refurbishment and could not be inspected.

Details

Lodge to the west of the Natural History Museum, built as a pair of houses in 1883 by Alfred Waterhouse. Building being refurbished in 2016. Buff terracotta with a slated roof.

EXTERIOR Two storeys, the ground floor at the level of the garden, below street level, giving the appearance of a single storey dwelling. A projecting central bay beneath a hipped roof has a pair of dormer windows to the west and east elevations beneath gablets. The roof is topped by a central ornate stack and two end finials. There are single round-arched windows on the ground floor to the east and west, and at the first floor to the north and south. Wide-arched entrances are at the north and south.

INTERIOR was not inspected.

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:: 203738
Legacy System:: LBS

Sources

Books and journals
Girouard, Mark, Alfred Waterhouse and the Natural History Museum, (1981)
Other
The Natural History Museum Conservation Plan, Alan Baxter and Associates, 2003.

Legal

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