Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors; The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors London, England

Listed Building Data

Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors; The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors 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shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.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
1357063
Listing Type
listed building
Grade
II
Date Listed
1 December 1987
Name
ROYAL INSTITUTION OF CHARTERED SURVEYORS THE ROYAL INSTITUTION OF CHARTERED SURVEYORS
Location
ROYAL INSTITUTION OF CHARTERED SURVEYORS, GREAT GEORGE STREET SW1THE ROYAL INSTITUTION OF CHARTERED SURVEYORS, LITTLE GEORGE STREET
District
City of Westminster
County
Greater London Authority
Grid Reference
TQ 30028 79659
Easting
530028.0000
Northing
179659.0000

Listed Building Description

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TQ 30879 NW CITY OF WESTMINSTER GREAT GEORGE STREET, SW1 92/33 Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors G.V. II Institution headquarters. 1896-98 by Alfred Waterhouse with additions by his son Paul. Warm red brick with plenty of stone dressings, slate roofs. Waterhouse's personal version of Jacobean mixed with Flemish Renaissance and Gothic verticality. 3 tall storeys, basement and attic, the rear hall range to Little George Street and Parliament Square of 2 tall storeys and attic. Symmetrical 5-window wide entrance front. Central granite columned segmental corniced porch. Ground floor windows mullioned and transomed and framed by panelled pilasters; very tall 1st floor mullioned windows with 2 transoms, triple light 2nd floor windows with strapwork panelled aprons. 1st floor stone balcony; prominent crowning cornice surmounted over centre by elaborated, pilastered "Venetian" dormer. The east gable end enriched with stone bandings and crowned by ornate chimney stack. The hall range is linked by 2 bays of cross mullioned windows with gable attics and a recessed bay with lofty mullioned-transomed stairlights, the hall with 3 tall semicircular arched windows; quadrant south east corner.

Listing NGR: TQ3002879659