Lodge west of the Natural History Museum
Natural History Museum, Queens Gate, London, SW7 5BD
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Overview
- 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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- Date:
- 2002-11-02
- Reference:
- IOE01/05248/33
- Rights:
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- 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
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:
- 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.
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