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Latitude: 51.5054 / 51°30'19"N
Longitude: -0.1241 / 0°7'26"W
OS Eastings: 530289
OS Northings: 180163
OS Grid: TQ302801
Mapcode National: GBR JG.9J
Mapcode Global: VHGQZ.SFRB
Plus Code: 9C3XGV4G+59
Entry Name: Whitehall Court
Listing Date: 5 February 1970
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1266894
English Heritage Legacy ID: 207621
ID on this website: 101266894
Location: Whitehall, Westminster, London, SW1A
County: London
District: City of Westminster
Electoral Ward/Division: St James's
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: City of Westminster
Traditional County: Middlesex
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London
Church of England Parish: St Martin-in-the-Fields
Church of England Diocese: London
Tagged with: Building Mixed-use building
TQ 3080 SW CITY OF WESTMINSTER WHITEHALL COURT SW1
83/68
5.2.70 Whitehall Court
GV II*
Mansion block of flats. 1884 by Thomas Archer and A. Green. Portland stone, slate
roofs. Vast elaborated pile with exuberant French Renaissance, Chateaux de la Loire
inspired details. 8 and 9 storeys on basement with a further 1 and 2 storeys of
attics in fantastic, pyramidal pavilion roofscape. 2 main pavilions to Embankment
Gardens - river front; 4 pavilions to Whitehall Court, the main one with flanking
cupolaed bays. 3 iron and glass canopied doorways. 2 and 3-light pilastered or
colonnetted windows; those in main pavilions set back in semicircular arched loggias,
in some cases run through 2 storeys; elaborate shaped and pedimented gabled dormers
with finials rising in tiers against the pavilion roofs which are crowned by
finialed cupolas; Chambord-like forest of ornamental chimney stacks. Enriched
string courses and cornices. Decorative iron work balconies and window guards.
Interior distribution fully serviced from the beginning with lifts; light wells
with stained glass to corridors and landings, mosaic floors, etc. The roofscape
makes a spectacular contribution to the view of Whitehall from St. James's Park.
Listing NGR: TQ3028980163
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