Bush House Centre Block with Flanking Colonnades London, England
Listed Building Data
Bush House Centre Block with Flanking Colonnades has been designated a Grade II 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shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.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
- 1066492
- Listing Type
- listed building
- Grade
- II
- Date Listed
- 13 September 1976
- Name
- BUSH HOUSE CENTRE BLOCK WITH FLANKING COLONNADES
- Location
- BUSH HOUSE CENTRE BLOCK WITH FLANKING COLONNADES, ALDWYCH WC2BUSH HOUSE CENTRE BLOCK WITH FLANKING COLONNADES, STRAND WC2
- District
- City of Westminster
- County
- Greater London Authority
- Grid Reference
- TQ 30742 81008
- Easting
- 530742.0000
- Northing
- 181008.0000
Listed Building Description
Text courtesy of Historic England. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
TO 3080 NE and 3081 SE CITY OF WESTMINSTER ALDWYCH, WC2 60/21 ;73/5 (South side)
13.9.76 Bush House Centre Block with flanking colonnades
G.V. II
Headquarters offices. 1925-35, by the American architects Helmle and Corbett. Portland ashlar on steel frame, slate roofs. Monumental composition "big-business classicism" closing Kingsway vista. 6 storeys and attic. 3 windows wide. The centre bay is taken up by a full height, coffered semi-dome, giant niche, screened by 2 huge Corinthian columns carrying an entablature surmounted by symbolical figures of England and America sculpted by Malvina Hoffman. Plain outer bays with flat arched recessed metal casement windows. Broken pediment and recessed attic storey above. 3 bay colonnade-screens flank the centre block. The Strand elevation is a more restrained design with deep, central, straight-sided recess beneath the pediment, similar flanking colonnades.
Listing NGR: TQ3074281008
