Description

TQ 2678 NW GLOUCESTER ROAD SW7
Gloucester Road
249/46/9 Underground Station

07.11.84 II

London Underground Station, of two linked blocks. To right the District Railway booking hall, of 1868, to left, Piccadilly Railway entrance, 1906, by Leslie Green. The former yellow stock brick, 2 storeys, 5 windows wide. Stone balustrade with ball finials. Brick stacks. Renewed ground floor, with arcaded opening.. Dentil cornicebetween ground and first floors. Inscription in mosaic over first floor reads: etropolitan and District Railways. Gloucester Road Station". Crowning cornice and blocking course. To left dark red faience block'with large arched window and modillion cornice, return to Courtfield Road. The Piccadilly line platforms have original tilework incorporating WAY OUT' and NO EXIT' signs. Gloucester Road is a unique example of the juxtaposition of two corporate styles.

Sources
Laurence Menear, London's Underground Stations, 1985
David Lawrence, Underground London, 1994

Listing NGR: TQ2623778835

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Gloucester Road tube station at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q1431088

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