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Derry and Toms roof garden, High Street Kensington, London: the Spanish Garden

RIBA Ref No RIBA51621
Architect/DesignerHancock, Ralph (1893-1950)
Artist/PhotographerRichards, Alan
CountryUK: England
CityLondon
Subject Date1938
Image Date1970
ViewExterior
MediumPhotoprint
Library ReferenceAP 817 Kensington & Chelsea
OrientationLandscape
Colour InfoBlack and white
CreditArchitectural Press Archive / RIBA Collections
SubjectShops ; Roof gardens
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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