Natural History Museum London, England
Listed Building Data
The Natural History Museum has been designated a Grade I listed building in England with the following information, which has been imported from the National Heritage List for England. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.
- List Entry ID
- 1080675
- Listing Type
- listed building
- Grade
- I
- Date Listed
- 15 April 1969
- Name
- NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM
- Location
- NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM, CROMWELL ROAD SW7
- District
- Kensington and Chelsea
- County
- Greater London Authority
- Grid Reference
- TQ 26680 79075
- Easting
- 526680.0000
- Northing
- 179075.0000
Listed Building Description
Text courtesy of Historic England. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
TQ 2679 SE TQ 2678 NE CROMWELL ROAD SW7 39/2 47/2 15.4.69 GV Natural History Museum
I
Museum. 1873-81. Alfred Waterhouse. Buff and grey terracotta, pitched slated roof. Twenty seven bays, three and a half to four storeys. Centrepiece of three bays, set forward with two spired towers on either side of entrance. Two end bays to each side topped with octagonal towers with steep pavilion roofs. Square headed windows to basement and ground floor. First floor windows round headed. Ground and first floor windows with coupled subsidiary round headed lights. Two light gabled dormers. Fine terracotta details including animals to first floor cills. Interior complete, with fine terracotta details to all galleries, and painting to central hall. Forecourt with ramps, single storey lodge, steps, piers, gates and railings. M. Girouard:- The Natural History Museum.
Listing NGR: TQ2668079075
