Gardens · London
Blythe House
In or near Tyburn.
Blythe House — a garden in england-london, United Kingdom.
Christopher Hilton — 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
- Kensington (Olympia) · 0.3 km
- Dog-friendly
Getting there & planning your visit
Blythe House is located in Hammersmith and Fulham, London, with the nearest railway station being Kensington (Olympia), which is 0.3 km away. The postcode for sat-nav is W14 0QX. Entry details and accessibility information are not provided.
About
Blythe House 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.
Photo gallery
See it from the streetimagery from 2019
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From the Wikipedia article
Blythe House is a listed building located at 23 Blythe Road, West Kensington, London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, UK. Originally built as the headquarters of the Post Office Savings Bank, it was next used as a store and archive by the Victoria and Albert, Science and British Museums. In the 2015 Autumn Statement the Government announced it would fund new storage for the museums and then sell off Blythe House.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
Architecture
Blythe House was designed by the Office of Works under Sir Henry Tanner. Its overall style is Edwardian Baroque in pinkish-red brick with Portland stone dressing. The building is four storeys high, with attics and sub-basements, and comprises long north and south ranges which are linked by two cross-ranges. The original plans intended for east and west ranges to be added, forming a rectangular plan; the east range was built 1921–22, but the west range was not built. supplying electricity to passenger and goods lifts, printing presses and more than 11,000 lamps; the chimney, centred to the south of the building, is in the style of a campanile. Pevsner described the building as contributing…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 51.4964, -0.2135
- District
- Hammersmith and Fulham
- Parish
- Hammersmith and Fulham, unparished area
- Postcode
- W14 0QX
- Parliamentary constituency
- Hammersmith and Chiswick
- Nearest railway station
- Kensington (Olympia) — 0.3 km
Sources
- wikidata: Q4930882 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Blythe House (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Blythe House?
- Blythe House is in London, United Kingdom (postcode W14 0QX), in the parish of Hammersmith and Fulham, unparished area.
- What is Blythe House?
- Blythe House — a garden in england-london, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Blythe House?
- The nearest railway station is Kensington (Olympia), about 0.3 km away. Drivers can use postcode W14 0QX.
- How do I get to Blythe House?
- The nearest railway station is Kensington (Olympia), about 0.3 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode W14 0QX.