190-192 Sloane Street
190-192, Sloane Street, London, SW1X 9QX
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1272552
- Date first listed:
- 24-Nov-1995
- List Entry Name:
- 190-192 Sloane Street
- Statutory Address:
- 190-192, Sloane Street, London, SW1X 9QX
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1272552
- Date first listed:
- 24-Nov-1995
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 25-Apr-2013
- List Entry Name:
- 190-192 Sloane Street
- Statutory Address 1:
- 190-192, Sloane Street, London, SW1X 9QX
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:
- 190-192, Sloane Street, London, SW1X 9QX
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:
- TQ2783779535
Summary
Offices and showrooms. Built 1963-5 by the Cadogan Estate to the design of Brett and Pollen Architects; the design was largely that of Harry Teggin, a partner in the firm.
Reasons for Designation
190-192 Sloane Street is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* Architectural interest: a distinguished and well-detailed post-war office commercial building designed in a wholly contemporary idiom with respect for context. The use of curtain wall glazing for the cantilevered office superstructure, balanced by the bold concrete horizontals of the two-storey showrooms and garage below, is a notable departure from the pure, often bland, curtain-wall construction favoured in the 1950s and '60s;
* Materials and finishes: the quality of the curtain-wall glazing and exposed concrete structure, providing strong contrasts in tone and texture, again distinguish the building from many office developments of the period.
History
The redevelopment of the site, previously occupied by early-mid C19 terraced houses and shops, formed part of the phased redevelopment of the Sloane Street area by the Cadogan Estate under Lionel Brett (Lord Esher), the principal partner in the architectural practice Brett and Pollen. The ground-floor showrooms were originally occupied by Seker’s Silks, the firm founded near Whitehaven in 1938 by the Hungarian émigré textile entrepreneur (Sir) Nicholas ‘Miki’ Sekers. The interiors, designed by Dennis Lennon, with fittings by the sculptor Robert Adams, no longer survive.
The design of the curtain wall was inspired by the pioneering iron and glass façade of Oriel Chambers, Liverpool (1864) by Peter Ellis, a prototype of modern office design. It was the first of three highly sophisticated curtain wall elevations designed by Teggin; the others were Pall Mall Court, Manchester (1966-8) and Portsmouth Guildhall extension (completed 1975).
The integration of modern buildings into city streetscapes was a question which preoccupied the distinguished architect, town planner and conservationist Lionel Brett. The scheme for 190-192 Sloane Street, which entailed the widening of the junction with Harriet Street, reflects these contextual concerns in respecting both the original building line through the cantilevered upper floors, and the height of adjacent buildings.
Details
MATERIALS: reinforced concrete, supported on four columns only. The exposed concrete structure at ground and mezzanine levels has an aggregrate of white Cornish granite, mica and feldspar. Curtain wall has a black anodised aluminium frame, double-glazed windows and black glass spandrel panels.
PLAN: the lower part of the building, comprising a basement, ground-floor showroom and garage to the rear and a mezzanine level projecting above the garage roof, is deeper in plan than the office superstructure. Above are five storeys of offices. Along the north side of the building are the main stair surrounding the lift shaft, WCs, and a cantilevered escape stair.
EXTERIOR: the ground floor and mezzanine levels have full-height glazing recessed behind square piers; the concrete deck of the mezzanine floor is fully exposed externally and within. Glazed doors to office entrance. The main office block is fully glazed; this oversails the ground floor, maintaining the line of the previous buildings on the site. The 9” depth between the outer and inner glazing is expressed externally by vertical recesses running the full height of the curtain wall. The reinforced concrete and steel open stair is a prominent feature of the east elevation, providing a third elevation of interest.
INTERIOR: the interiors of the showrooms and the offices retain no features of note, and are not of special interest.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 448909
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Harwood, E, A Guide to Post War listed Buildings England, (2000), 644-5
Powers, A, Francis Pollen Architect 1926 to 1987, (1999), 99-101
The Architectural Review in , (July 1965), 340-1
The Architect and Building News in The Architect and Building News, (15 April 1966), 655-665
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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