Gardens · London
124 Horseferry Road
In or near City of Westminster.
124 Horseferry Road — a garden in england-london, United Kingdom.
Thomas Nugent — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2.5 h
- Best time of year
- Spring & summer (Apr–Sep)
- Nearest railway station
- St. James's Park · 0.4 km
- Paid entry
- Dog-friendly
About
124 Horseferry Road is a garden of interest in england-london, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
124 Horseferry Road is the Grade II listed London headquarters for the British television broadcaster, Channel 4. It is located in the City of Westminster, and includes 100 residential apartments. The building was opened on 6 July 1994 and was designed by Richard Rogers and Partners. In January 2024, Channel 4 announced it would sell the building as part of cost-cutting measures.
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Background
Architecture
After a selection process during the autumn of 1990, Channel 4 invited three architectural firms to take part in a competition to design their 15000 sqm headquarters building on the south-eastern corner of Chadwick Street and Horseferry Road in a mixed development area of Westminster. The site consisted of an abandoned 10 m deep basement of a proposed 1970s post office building. The building is finished in grey steel cladding, which is perforated by red-ochre steel struts. John Young, the project architect, said that the colour was "taken from a paint sample provided by the City of San Francisco: it is the same colour as the Golden Gate Bridge". In 2023, the Twentieth Century Society added…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 51.4959, -0.1329
- District
- Westminster
- Parish
- Westminster, unparished area
- Postcode
- SW1P 2TX
- Parliamentary constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster
- Established
- 1994
- Nearest railway station
- St. James's Park — 0.4 km
Sources
- wikidata: Q38602881 (CC0)
- wikipedia: 124 Horseferry Road (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is 124 Horseferry Road?
- 124 Horseferry Road is in London, United Kingdom (postcode SW1P 2TX), in the parish of Westminster, unparished area.
- What is 124 Horseferry Road?
- 124 Horseferry Road — a garden in england-london, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to 124 Horseferry Road?
- The nearest railway station is St. James's Park, about 0.4 km away. Drivers can use postcode SW1P 2TX.
- When was 124 Horseferry Road built?
- Built or established in 1994.
- Who owns 124 Horseferry Road?
- 124 Horseferry Road is owned by Channel Four Television Corporation.
- How do I get to 124 Horseferry Road?
- The nearest railway station is St. James's Park, about 0.4 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode SW1P 2TX.