Description

TUDOR STREET/WHITEFRIARS
1.
5002
TQ 3181 SW 7/304 Northcliffe House
TQ 3180 NW 13/166

II

2.
Newspaper printing offices. 1925-26. Designed by Ellis and Clarke.Stone clad steel
framed structure. Roof not visible. 4 storeys. Plus attic storey.7 bays to
Tudor Street and 6 bays to Whitefriars St.Corner entrance, square headed, with
prominent keystone. First, second and third floors unified by giant order Ionic
pilasters with lion head masks to capitals. Almost fully glazed between,the first and
second floors linked by continuous mullions to long 3-light windows; metal glazing bars
in margin glazing pattern, sub-divided into very small panes. Fluted coved cornice of
neo-Egyptian character above third floor. Recessed attic storey. Short polygonal
corner tower. Northcliffe House built for Associated Newspapers
(Northcliffe/Rothermere) was the first British newspaper printing office to have reel
feed from beneath the printing presses.

Listing NGR: TQ3143581010

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q27082926

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Recommended Books

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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)