Holloway Road Station (London Transport)

Holloway Road Station was built in 1906 by Leslie Green for the Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway, now part of London Underground. It is a two-storey building of six windows, constructed from claret-coloured faience and brick, with internal tiling, the roof being obscured by a parapet.

The ground floor features flat-arched bays separated by pilasters. From left to right are a former exit now partly blocked with a late 20th-century entrance, a blank tiled section, a late 20th-century shop front, the station entrance itself, a former shop front with its original entrance and top lights otherwise blocked, and a works entrance with iron gates, possibly original. An entablature has raised lettering to the frieze reading "EXIT, HOLLOWAY RD STATION, G N P & B RY", though the present entrance bay has a more recent awning obscuring the frieze with standard inter-war lettering designed by Edward Johnston. The first-floor windows form a segmental arcade with egg and dart mouldings and keystones, incorporating cartouches at the springing of the arches and at the corners of the building. The parapet has been rebuilt.

The ticket hall has a tiled dado with Art Nouveau frieze work along parts of the north, west, and east walls, and to the central piers. The south wall was retiled and altered for late 20th-century lifts. The north wall features pedimented architraves in tilework to three ticket windows with integral lettering, and sign lamps likely dating to the inter-war period. A balustrade to the stairs has fluted hexagonal newels and a decorative iron rail. A door in the north wall retains its original architrave and panelled design. Stairwells and passages incorporate cream and brown tiling, while the lift lobby has architraves to the former lift entrance with bracketed cornices, that to the right now missing.

The north and south platforms are tiled in cream and brown, with bands of tiling over the barrel roof and aedicular tile panels indicating exits. Rusticated voussoirs define the tunnel entrances. On the north platform are three tile panels displaying "HOLLOWAY ROAD" on the platform side and a small tile panel lettered "TO FINSBURY PARK" on the train side. The south platform displays two tile panels lettered "HOLLOWAY ROAD" on the platform side and one panel lettered "TO HAMMERSMITH" on the train side. The southern passage between the platforms bears two tile panels: "TO THE TRAINS TO HAMMERSMITH" and "TO THE TRAINS TO FINSBURY PARK." This station is considered one of the best surviving examples of Green’s designs for Charles Tyson Yerkes, and possesses a notably well-preserved interior, demonstrating Group Value.