Wembley Arena (Formerly The Empire Pool) is a Grade II listed building in the Brent local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 October 1976. Arena. 24 related planning applications.
Wembley Arena (Formerly The Empire Pool)
- WRENN ID
- haunted-steeple-smoke
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Brent
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 October 1976
- Type
- Arena
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 07/07/2016
TQ 18 NE 1/6
ENGINEERS WAY ARENA SQUARE Wembley Arena (formerly The Empire Pool)
(Formerly listed as Wembley Arena, previously listed as The Empire Pool) (Formerly listed under EMPIRE WAY)
14.10.76
II Designed by Sir E Owen Williams and built in 1934 for The Empire Games. It has a reinforced concrete frame of 3 hinged arches spanning 240 feet which was the largest concrete span in the world at that time. The pool was 200 feet long and 60 feet wide with a deck for ice skating. The end of the building opens and used to lead to sunbathing terraces and lawns. The sides have 15 massive concrete buttresses. The ends are galed with 20 narrow lights of increasing height from the edges to the centre. Used for 1948 Olympic Games.
Listing NGR: TQ1914285752
Detailed Attributes
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