Description

CAMDEN

TQ3081NE HIGH HOLBORN
798-1/101/835 (South side)
11/08/71 No.233

II

Office block. 1930. By Frederick Etchells & Herbert A Welch.
For the advertising agency WS Crawford Ltd, remodelling an
existing building. Steel frame construction with brick panel
infilling. External finish of roughcast cement with polished
black marble ground floor frontage.
6 bays with splayed corner bay. Double entrance doors of plain
stainless steel with grille over. Continuous strip windows
with frames and mullions of stainless steel glazed with
prismatic glass alternate with bands of roughcast.
INTERIOR: contemporary internal decor and fittings remained in
1973 but very little now.
HISTORICAL NOTE: a pioneer work of the Modern Movement in
England, the office block has good claim to be the first
office block in England inspired by the International style.
Etchells started his career as a Vorticist painter in Paris
before the First World War, turned to architecture in the
1920s and was a founding member of the Twentieth Century Group
in 1930. In 1927 he translated Le Corbusier's "Vers une
Architecture" into English: he ended his career restoring
churches in Berkshire.
(The Buildings of England: Pevsner N & Cherry B: London, 1,
The Cities of London and Westminster: London: -1972: 362).

Listing NGR: TQ3058181517

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q27086327

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Recommended Books

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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas