The Institution of Civil Engineers London, England
Listed Building Data
The Institution of Civil Engineers 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shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.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
- 1066740
- Listing Type
- listed building
- Grade
- II
- Date Listed
- 26 July 1984
- Name
- THE INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS
- Location
- THE INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS, GREAT GEORGE STREET SW1
- District
- City of Westminster
- County
- Greater London Authority
- Grid Reference
- TQ 29956 79661
- Easting
- 529956.0000
- Northing
- 179661.0000
Listed Building Description
Text courtesy of Historic England. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
TQ 2979 NE CITY OF WESTMINSTER GREAT GEORGE STREET, SW1 91/28 The Institution of Civil 26.7.84 Engineers GV II Institution headquarters. 1912, by James Millar. Stone, slate roof. Monumental corner block in grand Beaux Arts Dixhuitieme style. 2 main storeys and half base- ment. 9 windows wide in a symmetrical composition with central entrance and slightly advanced end bays linked by giant colonnade to 1st floor. Channelled ground floor with central Ionic columned portal surmounted by elaborately carved crest. Square headed windows except for semicircular arched ones to central bays of ground floor; the 1st floor windows in channelled terminal pavilions with elaborate surrounds and framed as aedicules. Deep drowning entablature with balustraded parapet; tall attic to corner pavilion. Similar return to Storey's Gate. Stone area balustrade. Rich neo-Palladian and Baroque detailing to interiors and domed assembly hall.
Listing NGR: TQ2995679661
