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Derry and Toms roof garden, High Street Kensington, London: the English woodland garden

RIBA Ref No RIBA72575
Architect/DesignerHancock, Ralph (1893-1950)
Artist/PhotographerNewbery, Sydney W. (1894-1985)
CountryUK: England
CityLondon
Subject Date1938
Image Date1938
ViewExterior
MediumPhotoprint
Library ReferenceAP43/143 (Newbery T89615)
OrientationLandscape
Colour InfoBlack and white
CreditArchitectural Press Archive / RIBA Collections
SubjectGarden buildings ; Roof gardens
NOTES: When Derry and Toms department store was built in 1931-1933, London County Council forbad the inclusion of the seventh floor due to the limit of fire service ladders although the building had the structural potential for another floor. In 1935, the new owner of the store commissioned a roof garden to cover this large open space, which opened to the public in 1938.
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