Description

WESTMINSTER

TQ2681NW HARROW ROAD
1900- /40/10043 No.179
Paddington British Rail Maintenance
Depot, East Block

GV II*

Garage to the maintenance depot for road vehicles built for
British Rail's Paddington Goods Yard in 1966-8 by Paul
Hamilton of the firm Bicknell and Hamilton. Designed in 1964.
Reinforced concrete comprising oval, single storey garaging
with basement inspection pits. Coved shell concrete roof on
dramatically arched cantilevered beams springing from side
walls and central piers over clerestorey glazing. Concrete
shell roof further pierced by portholes, giving a feel of
light and space customary in. inter-war Scandanavian
architecture. The resulting interior is dramatic, yet provided
strong, even natural light for the maintenance of delivery
vans. The building forms a pair with the workshops and office
building (q.v.)

Sources
Architectural Review, January 1965, p.90
Architects' Journal, 18/25 December 1968, pp.1465-75
Official Architecture and Planning, February 1969, p.151-7
Concrete, June 1974, p.35

Listing NGR: TQ2630581730

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17550235

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