The Heart of London

55 Broadway clocktower

Detail of clocktower, London Electric Railway Company offices, 55 Broadway

Detail of clocktower, London Electric Railway Company offices, 55 Broadway, Westminster. About 1927
Photographer: Sidney W. Newbery (1894-1985)
Architect: Charles Holden (1875-1960) for Adams Holden & Pearson
Copyright: RIBA Library Photographs Collection


Holden produced a variety of designs for the tower at the top of 55 Broadway. This included a version using classical features such as columns and colonnades; a reminder of Holden's earlier work following the Beaux Arts style. However, it was the simpler, more geometric version seen in this photograph that became the final design.
 
 
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