Former Daimler Car Hire Garage, Bloomsbury

The Daimler Car Hire Garage,[note 1] a garage built for Daimler Hire Limited which later becamethe Frames Coach Station, in Herbrand Street, Bloomsbury, London, England was grade II listed by Historic England in 1982.[1]

History

The building was completed in 1931 for Daimler Hire Limited in the Art Deco and Streamline Moderne styles to a design by the architects Wallis, Gilbert and Partners.[2][3][4]

Notes

  1. ↑ This name has been used informally for the building, but Heritage England records it as "FRAMES COACH STATION AND LONDON BOROUGH OF CAMDEN CAR PARK"

References

  1. ↑ Historic England (9 March 1982). "FRAMES COACH STATION AND LONDON BOROUGH OF CAMDEN CAR PARK (1378855)". National Heritage List for England.
  2. ↑ Curl, James Stevens (2006). A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (2nd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 832. ISBN 0-19-860678-8.
  3. ↑ Sutcliffe, Anthony (2006). London: An Architectural History. Yale University Press. p. 174. ISBN 0-300-11006-5.
  4. ↑ "The Chronicle of the Car", H. Thornton Rutter, Illustrated London News, 1 August 1931, p. 200.

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