Cole Wing, Victoria and Albert Museum London, England
Listed Building Data
Cole Wing, Victoria and Albert Museum 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shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.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
- 1080654
- Listing Type
- listed building
- Grade
- II*
- Date Listed
- 15 April 1969
- Name
- COLE WING, VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM
- Location
- COLE WING, VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM, EXHIBITION ROAD SW7
- District
- Kensington and Chelsea
- County
- Greater London Authority
- Grid Reference
- TQ 26885 79176
- Easting
- 526884.9040
- Northing
- 179175.8830
Listed Building Description
Text courtesy of Historic England. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
TQ 2679 SE EXHIBITION ROAD SW7 39/4 (east side) 15.4.69 Cole Wing, Victoria and Albert Museum (formerly Royal College of Science)
II*
Museum, formerly college. 1868-73. Built Lt Col H D Y Scott RE. Renaissance style. Ornaments in Minton Majolica. Built in red brick and buff terra-cotta. Four storeys; 10 main bays. Projecting wings either end with crowning pedimented pavilions above cornice, joined by gallery with balustraded arcade of 21 bays and supported by moulded terra-cotta consoles. Ground floor also has arcade on much bigger scale with 7 bays. First and second floors are plainer but the 9 square-headed windows have enriched surrounds with much carving. This building was planned by Captain Fowke but carried out after his death by Scott.
Listing NGR: TQ2688979177
