Derry and Toms roof garden, High Street Kensington, London: the Tea Pavilion on the left and one of the bridges crossing the stream in the Woodland Garden in the foreground Architect/Designer Hancock, Ralph (1893-1950) Artist/Photographer Richards, Alan Country UK: England City London Subject Date 1938 Image Date 1970 View Exterior Medium Photoprint Library Reference AP 817 Kensington & Chelsea Orientation Landscape Colour Info Black and white Credit Architectural Press Archive / RIBA Collections Subject Roof gardens ; Shops ; Bridges ; Tea shops
NOTES: When Derry and Toms department store was built in 1931-1933, London County Council forbade the inclusion of the seventh floor due to the limit of fire service ladders but the building had the structural potential for another floor. On completion of the building, a roof garden was planned to cover this large open space which took three years to build and opened to the public in 1938.
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