1 and 3, Riding House Street W1 London, England
Listed Building Data
1 and 3, Riding House Street W1 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shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.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
- 1265183
- Listing Type
- listed building
- Grade
- II
- Date Listed
- 12 April 1983
- Name
- 1 AND 3, RIDING HOUSE STREET W1
- Location
- 1 AND 3, RIDING HOUSE STREET W1
- District
- City of Westminster
- County
- Greater London Authority
- Grid Reference
- TQ 28971 81563
- Easting
- 528970.7770
- Northing
- 181562.7850
Listed Building Description
Text courtesy of Historic England. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
TQ 2881 NE CITY OF WESTMINSTER RIDING HOUSE STREET Wl 45/200 Nos 1 and 3 12.4.83 II Office block. Designed as the Radium Institute and described as the first institution of its kind in England. 1911.Architect Thomas Phillips Figgis. The original western pavilion was extended in 1931 by a linking range to an identical eastern pavilion . Stone-faced vigorously detailed Baroque building with green Westmorland slate pyramidal roofs. Twin 3 window-wide pavilions linked by simpler recessed 3-window range. Basement, 4 main storeys, attic and dormered roof to each pavilion. Basement and ground floor of boldly channelled rustication support channelled quoins hung with cartouches. Swagged frieze and deep modillion cornice. Good mosaic wall tiling in corridors. Listed for both its historic and architectural importance.
Listing NGR: TQ2897481563
