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