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Latitude: 51.5529 / 51°33'10"N
Longitude: -0.1683 / 0°10'5"W
OS Eastings: 527093
OS Northings: 185367
OS Grid: TQ270853
Mapcode National: GBR D0.XZ2
Mapcode Global: VHGQS.17DD
Plus Code: 9C3XHR3J+5M
Entry Name: The Wharrie Cabmen's Shelter
Listing Date: 24 October 2002
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1067834
English Heritage Legacy ID: 489820
ID on this website: 101067834
Location: Maitland Park, Camden, London, NW3
County: London
District: Camden
Electoral Ward/Division: Hampstead Town
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Camden
Traditional County: Middlesex
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London
Church of England Parish: All Hallows Hampstead
Church of England Diocese: London
Tagged with: Building
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ROSSLYN HILL
The Wharrie Cabmen's Shelter
(Formerly listed as The Wharrie Cabman's Shelter)
24-OCT-02
GV
II
The Wharrie Cabman's Shelter
Cabman's shelter. 1935 by Elisabeth Scott of Scott, Chesterton and Shepherd. Elm boarding on cedar frame, standing on concrete legs. Metal windows. Single storey kiosk on Coffee-stall with shelter to right. Deep eaves with decorative panels underneath. Mosaic panel designed by John Cooper set into floor in front of counter dated April 1935 and inscribed THE WHARRIE SHELTER, depicting taxi-related objects in a Cubist-influenced composition.
HISTORY: this kiosk was donated by Mary Wharrie, daughter of Sir Henry Harben, first Mayor of Hampstead. It replaced an earlier structure on this prominent site, which had been given to the Borough of Hampstead by the Harbens. It is a very unusual structure, designed in a Modern Movement vein, with a mosaic of high quality. The paintwork to doors and window frames was originally painted in red and yellow. Scott (1898-1972) had gained her reputation through winning the 1928 competition for the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre at Stratford-upon-Avon.
SOURCES: The Architect and Building news, 17th May 1935, 170 & 190-91; Hampstead & Highgate Express, 22 November 1996.
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