Royal Horticultural Society New Hall
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY NEW HALL, GREYCOAT STREET SW1
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1214142
- Date first listed:
- 24-May-1983
- List Entry Name:
- Royal Horticultural Society New Hall
- Statutory Address:
- ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY NEW HALL, GREYCOAT STREET SW1
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1214142
- Date first listed:
- 24-May-1983
- List Entry Name:
- Royal Horticultural Society New Hall
- Statutory Address 1:
- ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY NEW HALL, GREYCOAT 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:
- ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY NEW HALL, GREYCOAT 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 29633 78987
Details
TQ 2978 NE and 2979 SE CITY OF WESTMINSTER GREYCOAT STREET, SW1 100/25 ;105/1 24.5.83 Royal Horticultural society New Hall __ II* Exhibition hall. 1923-28 by Murray Easton and Howard Robertson. Brown brick and stone entrance administrative block behind which is the innovatory concrete framed exhibition hall with brick infill. The forebuilding has an early stripped-classical modern facade. 5 storeys including mezzanines to 1st and 4th floors. 6-window wide centre between slightly advanced end bays. Ground floor of centre, with range of glazed doorways at head of steps and mezzanine above, are advanced in segmental curve and are both stone faced. The brick faced stone banded upper floors have plain stone surrounds to range of windows with metal casements. Block cornice finishes off front above top mezzanine. The hall behind has blind side walls above which are 4 tiers of stepped-back clerestories. The interior exposes the structural reinforced concrete frame of tall parabolic arches which begin as square piers; flat roofed top-lit aisles, clerestories and domed top lights; 3 tall lights with 2 transoms in north east end wall. No doubt Easton was more particularly responsible for the introduction of this form of construction, the first of its kind in Britain, derived from Scandinavian timber construction of the early 1920s- Max Berg's 1922 exhibition pavilion at Breslau and more particularly the reinforced concrete work of Hennebique and Freyssinet (Orly airship hangars 1921 etc.)
Listing NGR: TQ2963378987
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 209946
- 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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