Gardens · London
Barnet House, London
Barnet House, London — a garden in england-london, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2.5 h
- Best time of year
- Spring & summer (Apr–Sep)
About
Barnet House, London 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
Barnet House is a twelve-storey office block at 1255 High Road, on the corner of Baxendale, at Whetstone, London, N20.
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Background
History
The building was commissioned as Ever Ready House, to serve as the headquarters of the British Ever Ready Electrical Company. The site the directors selected had previously been occupied by a private villa known as "Woodside", which had been built for Joseph Baxendale in 1841, and which had served as a care home from 1889. The new building was designed by Richard Seifert in the modern style and was completed in 1966. The design involved a twelve storey-tower facing onto High Road, with a three-storey structure behind. The tower was faced with alternating bands of concrete and metal-framed windows. In 1986 it became the main offices of Barnet London Borough Council, which renamed it Barnet…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 51.6294, -0.1751
- Established
- 1964
Sources
- wikidata: Q29378832 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Barnet House, London (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Barnet House, London?
- Barnet House, London is in London, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 51.6294°, -0.1751°.
- When was Barnet House, London built?
- Barnet House, London dates to 1964.