1932 - Paddington Station, London, UK
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Team Sieni
N 51° 30.969 W 000° 10.556
30U E 695939 N 5711007
This building was originally the Great Western Railway offices, and is now part of the adjoining hotel.
Waymark Code: WMKY7Y
Location: South East England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 06/13/2014
Views: 9
This splendid Art Deco facade is rather easy to miss. You have to crane your neck as you walk up the ramp from Paddington Station, or enter the adjoining London Street to get a good look.
British Listed Buildings tells us:
The north elevation facing the cab-road and London Street: following the hotel and its 1930s extension is a six-storey office block of 1933, probably steel framed, faced in artificial 'Victoria Patent' stone. This was designed by PC Culverhouse, Chief Architect of the GWR. The attic floor, which is blind, has giant Gill Sans bronze lettering G.W.R. PADDINGTON G.W.R., the second G.W.R. being on the return.
I've seen Mr Culverhouse's initials given variously on the internet as PC (as above) but also PA, PE, PG and R, with PE being the commonest. Perhaps there was a whole gang of them.
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