Description

ALBANY STREET
11-JAN-1999 The White House

II

Includes: The White House, OSNABURGH TERRACE

Former serviced flats, now a hotel. 1936. By Robert Atkinson. Steel frame clad in pale cream
faience tiles, slightly darker to ground floor and bands. Star-shaped plan providing optimum light and ventilation without light-wells. 9 storeys. Diagonal blocks have chamfered angles and central triangular bays which extend above the roof line. 3-light Crittal windows have continuous sill bands and meet at angles of triangular bays. Original steel windows remain in situ to the north-east and central west ranges; all other windows have been replaced with UPVC windows of a similar design in c.1992. Main entrance to Osnaburgh Terrace altered but subsidiary entrance on Albany Street with good moulded doorcase with figurative frieze, approached by steps with original cast-iron handrail. Flat roof with projecting eaves.
INTERIOR: not inspected. Spencer-Longhurst P ( ed.): Robert Atkinson 1883-1952:Architectural Association: 1989-; 36-37).
Bibliography
8011 Robert Atkinson 1883-1952 (Paul Spencer Longhurst), 1989, Page (s) 36,37

Listing NGR: TQ2888082343

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• The White House official website
• Wikidata Q26407111

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