Description

TQ 30879 NW CITY OF WESTMINSTER GREAT GEORGE STREET, SW1
92/33
Royal Institution of
Chartered Surveyors
G.V. II
Institution headquarters. 1896-98 by Alfred Waterhouse with additions by his
son Paul. Warm red brick with plenty of stone dressings, slate roofs.
Waterhouse's personal version of Jacobean mixed with Flemish Renaissance and
Gothic verticality. 3 tall storeys, basement and attic, the rear hall range to
Little George Street and Parliament Square of 2 tall storeys and attic.
Symmetrical 5-window wide entrance front. Central granite columned segmental
corniced porch. Ground floor windows mullioned and transomed and framed by
panelled pilasters; very tall 1st floor mullioned windows with 2 transoms,
triple light 2nd floor windows with strapwork panelled aprons. 1st floor
stone balcony; prominent crowning cornice surmounted over centre by elaborated,
pilastered "Venetian" dormer. The east gable end enriched with stone bandings
and crowned by ornate chimney stack. The hall range is linked by 2 bays of
cross mullioned windows with gable attics and a recessed bay with lofty
mullioned-transomed stairlights, the hall with 3 tall semicircular arched
windows; quadrant south east corner.

Listing NGR: TQ3002879659

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q27084691

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Recommended Books

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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (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)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)