The Institution of Civil Engineers is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 July 1984. Institution headquarters. 33 related planning applications.
The Institution of Civil Engineers
- WRENN ID
- floating-loft-plum
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westminster
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 July 1984
- Type
- Institution headquarters
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 08/04/2019
TQ 2979 NE 91/28
CITY OF WESTMINSTER GREAT GEORGE STREET, SW1 The Institution of Civil Engineers
26.7.84
GV II Institution headquarters. 1912, by James Miller. Stone, slate roof. Monumental corner block in grand Beaux Arts Dixhuitieme style. Two main storeys and half basement. Nine windows wide in a symmetrical composition with central entrance and slightly advanced end bays linked by giant colonnade to first floor. Channelled ground floor with central Ionic columned portal surmounted by elaborately carved crest. Square headed windows except for semicircular arched ones to central bays of ground floor; the first floor windows in channelled terminal pavilions with elaborate surrounds and framed as aedicules. Deep drowning entablature with balustraded parapet; tall attic to corner pavilion. Similar return to Storey's Gate. Stone area balustrade. Rich neo-Palladian and Baroque detailing to interiors and domed assembly hall.
Listing NGR: TQ2995679661
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