THAMES HOUSE (NORTH AND SOUTH BLOCKS WITH BRIDGE LINK)

Overview

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1267604
Date first listed:
16-Jan-1981
Statutory Address:
THAMES HOUSE (NORTH AND SOUTH BLOCKS WITH BRIDGE LINK), MILLBANK SW1

Map

Ordnance survey map of THAMES HOUSE (NORTH AND SOUTH BLOCKS WITH BRIDGE LINK)
© Crown Copyright and database right 2019. All rights reserved. Ordnance Survey Licence number 100024900.
© British Crown and SeaZone Solutions Limited 2019. All rights reserved. Licence number 102006.006.
Use of this data is subject to Terms and Conditions.

The above map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. For a copy of the full scale map, please see the attached PDF - 1267604 .pdf

The PDF will be generated from our live systems and may take a few minutes to download depending on how busy our servers are. We apologise for this delay.

This copy shows the entry on 16-Oct-2019 at 10:30:39.

Location

Statutory Address:
THAMES HOUSE (NORTH AND SOUTH BLOCKS WITH BRIDGE LINK), MILLBANK 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)
National Grid Reference:
TQ 30209 78888

Details

TQ 3078 NW CITY OF WESTMINSTER MILLBANK, SW1 106/3 Thames House (North 16.1.81 and South Blocks with Bridge-Link)

II G.V.

Office blocks linked by bridge. 1928 by Sir F. Baines as part of uniform composition with Imperial Chemical House, q.v., flanking Horseferry Road approach to Lambeth Bridge. Portland stone and granite on steel frame, leaded roofs. Monumental office blocks and bridge-link treated in the Lutyens-Baker manner with giant order dressing the "top hamper" below steeply hipped roof, identical with Imperial Chemical House on splayed corner elevations but slight variant in design to Millbank. 5 storeys with 3-storey attic. Millbank elevation has South Block of 21 windows wide, 4-window wide bridge-link with North Block of 12 windows wide, 7-window wide splayed corner and return to Horseferry. Road. Granite faced ground floor with principal doorways in 2nd bay in from bridge-link, archivolt arched with carved spandrels, flanked by pilasters carrying entablature and rising into 1st floor; the doors are plated and panelled in nickel-copper alloy with naturalistic motifs, by W.B. Fagan. Recessed glazing bar metal casements under flat voussoired arches, distributed regularly across ground floor and rusticated 1st to 4th floors, with aedicules at regular intervals to 3rd floor windows, 11 to Millbank and one each to centre of other 2 elevations. Giant quoin pilasters and entablature above 4th floor. The "top hamper" has giant order end pavilions of one window and 5 bay colonnade to splayed corner on 6th and 7th floors; entablature with crowning parapet. The bridge-link is slightly recessed with large archivolt, keyed arch rising up 2nd floor with coffered tunnel vault, rusticated spandrels and wall face above with band of windows separated by escutcheon panels beneath entablature carried over from main blocks.

Listing NGR: TQ3020978888

Legacy

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

Legacy System number:
418229
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.

End of official listing

Images of England

Images of England was a photographic record of every listed building in England, created as a snap shot of listed buildings at the turn of the millennium. These photographs of the exterior of listed buildings were taken by volunteers between 1999 and 2008. The project was supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund.

Date: 21 May 2001
Reference: IOE01/03836/16
Rights: Copyright IoE Miss Patricia Philpott. Source Historic England Archive
Archive image, may not represent current condition of site.
To view this image please use Firefox, Chrome, Safari, or Edge.

Your Contributions

Do you know more about this entry?

The following information has been contributed by users volunteering for our Enriching The List project. For small corrections to the List Entry please see our Minor Amendments procedure.

The information and images below are the opinion of the contributor, are not part of the official entry and do not represent the official position of Historic England. We have not checked that the contributions below are factually accurate. Please see our terms and conditions. If you wish to report an issue with a contribution or have a question please email [email protected].