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| English Heritage Reference: | 203799 |
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| RBKC Reference: | 249/46/9 |
| Property: | GLOUCESTER ROAD UNDERGROUND STATION |
| Street: | GLOUCESTER ROAD , SW7 |
| Date: | 07/11/1984 |
| Grade: | II |
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| Description: | London Underground Station, of two linked blocks. To right the District Railway booking hall, of 1868, to left, Piccadilly Railway entrance, 1906, by Leslie Green. The former yellow stock brick, 2 storeys, 5 windows wide. Stone balustrade with ball finials. Brick stacks. Renewed ground floor, with arcaded opening. Dentil cornice between ground and first floors. Inscription in mosaic over first floor reads: "Metropolitan and District Railways. Gloucester Road Station". Crowning cornice and blocking course. To left dark red faience block with large arched window and modillion cornice, return to Courtfield Road. -The Piccadilly line platforms have original tilework incorporating WAY OUT and NO EXIT signs. Gloucester Road is a unique example of the juxtaposition of two corporate styles. Sources Laurence Menear, London's Underground Stations, 1985 David Lawrence, Underground London, 1994. |
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