Main Entrance Gateway, Railings and Attached Lodges to British Museum London, England
Listed Building Data
Main Entrance Gateway, Railings and Attached Lodges to British 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shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.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
- 1130406
- Listing Type
- listed building
- Grade
- II*
- Date Listed
- 14 May 1974
- Name
- MAIN ENTRANCE GATEWAY, RAILINGS AND ATTACHED LODGES TO THE BRITISH MUSEUM
- Location
- MAIN ENTRANCE GATEWAY, RAILINGS AND ATTACHED LODGES TO THE BRITISH MUSEUM, GREAT RUSSELL STREET
- District
- Camden
- County
- Greater London Authority
- Grid Reference
- TQ 30139 81619
- Easting
- 530139.0000
- Northing
- 181619.0000
Listed Building Description
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CAMDEN
TQ3081NW GREAT RUSSELL STREET 798-1/100/699 (North side) 14/05/74 Main entrance gateway, railings and attached lodges to The British Museum (Formerly Listed as: GREAT RUSSELL STREET Railings and main entrance gateway of the British Museum)
GV II*
Main entrance gateway, railings & porters lodges. 1849. By Sydney Smirke. Cast-iron and granite. Large, elaborate, cast-iron double vehicle entrance gates flanked by single footgates. Engaged, fluted and foliated Corinthian columns, and pilasters, to piers surmounted by urns. Main piers of granite containing small porters' lodges with plain square-headed entrances. Elaborate cast-iron railings on granite plinth with granite interval piers, the standards in the form of candelabra on bases with clawed feet.
Listing NGR: TQ3013981619
