Updates

OPEN HOUSE LONDON ANNUAL EVENT 20 & 21 SEPTEMBER 2008

Updates and Amendments

PLEASE NOTE: Bank of England - entry now restricted to museum only

Updates, amendments and additions to the published guide (printed mid August) are shown here:
ADDITIONS

Barking Riverside Marketing Resource and Information Suite, off Renwick Road, Barking
Open Saturday & Sunday visit the Open house website for opening times and transport information
Barking Riverside is one of the major regeneration sites for the Thames Gateway. One of the largest brownfield sites in Europe, this development that will include 10,800 new homes built in four phases over the next 20 years. Visit this sustainable construction site, enjoy a jeep tours around including its onsite construction recycling plant and an interactive virtual tour of the future scheme at its Eco designed resource centre – made from containers. 

Becontree Estate Bus Tour, Dagenham, LB Barking and Dagenham
Meet: Sun 10am for bus departure at Civic Centre, Dagenham RM10 7BW
First come basis. Guided tour, duration approx 3-4 hours. Max 45 on tour. Built by the LCC during the 1920s and early 1930s, the estate was once the largest of its kind in Europe, with over 25,000 houses. Later building programmes extended the estate to house an estimated population of 90,000. Entry: all parts of Becontree Estate including entry to Kingsley Hall and three vacant homes. Tube: Dagenham East; Rail: Romford; 5,87

1A Community Centre, LB Camden
1A Rosebery Avenue EC1R 4SR: Sat 10am-5pm. Regular architect-led tours every 10 mins, first come basis
Curl la Tourelle Architects 2007. Tube: Chancery Lane; Tube/Rail: Farringdon, King's Cross St Pancras; 38.19.341

St Pancras International, LB Camden Pancras Road NW1 2QP
Sat/Sun 10am-5pm. Regular half-hourly tours, meet at The German Gymnasium, 26 Pancras Road, NW1 2TB, first come basis. Last entry 4pm. Max 15 per tour. D T
A unique Grade I listed Victorian landmark which has undergone a £800 million transformation into a world-class destination station and acted as a catalyst for the regeneration of the King's Cross area. Foster + Partners, Alastair Lansley, Chapman Taylor 1868 & 2007. Entry: main concourse, arcade, circle.
Tube/Rail: King's Cross St Pancras, Euston; Rail: St Pancras International; 45,63,205,73,59

St Pancras Old Church, LB Camden Pancras Road NW1 1UH
Sat 9am-5pm/Sun 10.30am-5pm. Introductory talks Sat/Sun at 11am & 3pm. D N R T
Dating from 11/12C and standing on oldest site of Christian worship in London (3C). Inside is much 17C ornamentation and outstanding 6C Altar Stone, reputed to have belonged to St Augustine. Surrounding Churchyard, containing tombs of Sir John Soane, Mary Wollstonecraft and others, has been extensively restored and recently refurbished. 12C. NB. Sun 9.30am service.
Tube: Mornington Crescent, Camden Town; Tube/Rail: King's Cross St Pancras; 46,214

Broadgate (Self-Guided Walk), City of London
Collect self-guided notes from 10 Exchange Square EC2M 2QA: Sat/Sun 10am-5pm. Last entry 4.30pm.
One of the City's most vibrant areas includes the 10 Exchange Square and 155 Bishopsgate office buildings with interesting public art. RIBA Award Winner. Arup Associates and SOM 1984-90. Entry: receptions and public art areas of buildings on trail. Tube/Rail: Liverpool Street; 8,11,26,35,42,47

New Street Square, City of London
New Street Square EC4A 3BF: Sat 10am-4pm. Max 10 at one time. D
New Street Square creates a new destination between High Holborn and Fleet Street serving the ‘mid-town’ area of the City, with a substantial group of new buildings set around a new public square and hosting a programme of public art and performance. Bennetts Architects 2007/8.
Tube: Chancery Lane, Holborn Tube/Rail: Farringdon, Blackfriars; 4,11,15,26,76,341,45,63,100,172

Palimpsest Public House, City of London Barbican EC2Y 8EN
Sat 2pm-6pm/Sun 11am-6pm
The project imaginatively 'reincarnates' three pubs in the Barbican complex that were destroyed in WWII bombing. This live art event combines installation, yoga, graphics and creative and social activities for all.
Tube/Rail: Barbican, Moorgate, Liverpool Street; 4,43,8,25,56,172,242

Museum of Croydon, LB Croydon
Level 1, Croydon Clocktower, Katharine Street CR9 1ET: Sat/Sun 10.30am-5pm. D T
'Croydanisation - A Tale of Regeneration in London's Third City' is a photographic installation by artist Corinne Silva, exploring regeneration in Croydon Town Centre from the 1890s, through  the period of major development of the 1960s and 70s, to town planners' and architects' proposed visions for the future. Aspects of Croydon's architectural heritage are highlighted as well as its ongoing transformation. FAT 2006. Rail: East Croydon

Horizons Education and Achievement Centre for Care Leavers, LB Ealing
15 Cherrington Road, Hanwell W7 3HL: Sat 1pm-5pm. D T
The scheme involved the refurbishment and redevelopment of two existing derelict Victorian warehouse buildings. Many of the young people who would be using it were involved in the design which features a graffiti-wall, made by the users themselves. It comprises a variety of flexible spaces that provide for the wide range of facilities that the centre provides. Winner of the RICS London Project of the Year 2008. Gavin Leonard 2007.
Tube: Hanwell, Ealing Broadway; 207

16 Hoxton Square N1 6NT, LB Hackney
Sat 10am-4pm. Regular half-hourly tours, first come basis. Last entry 3.30pm. Max 20 per tour.
E W Pugin's Grade II listed Board School, recently regenerated and extended to create a new gym, restaurant, innovative training and office space and a small planted garden. RIBA Awards Shortlist 2005. E W Pugin/Buschow Henley 1864/2003. Entry: 1st floor training, 4th floor offices, restaurant. Tube/Rail: Old Street

St Mary's Church, Merton Park, LB Merton
Church Path, Merton Park SW19 3HJ: Sat 10am-5pm/Sun 12noon-5pm. d P R T
Grade II listed gem of a country church built in 1147, now in the heart of a suburban conservation area. Norman features, William Morris glass and associations with famous people including Nelson. 12C.
Tramlink: Merton Park; Tube: South Wimbledon; Tube/Rail: Wimbledon; 163,164,152

St Giles Parish Church, Camberwell, LB Southwark Camberwell Church Street SE5 8RB: Sat/Sun 10am-6pm. Last entry 5.30pm
A large grade II listed parish church - one of Scott's finest designs. Key features include the magnificent east window by Ruskin. Interior recently redecorated and restored together with recently restored spire. Sir George Gilbert Scott 1844. Entry: church, crypt. Rail: Denmark Hill; 12,171,36,68

St Mary's Church, LB Tower Hamlets Bow Road E3 3AH: Sat 10am-5pm/Sun 12noon-5pm. Last entry 5pm. Max 100 at one time.
Medieval village church, restored in late 19C and after bomb damage in WWII. 15C font and memorials from five centuries. Elegantly restored tower. H S Goodhart-Rendel (restoration) C14/C20. Entry: church and vestry. NB. Display on the history of the church. Tube: Bow Road; Rail/DLR: Stratford: DLR: Bow Church; 25,52,8,D8

55 Baker Street, City of Westminster
55 Baker Street W1U 8EW: Sat/Sun 10am-5pm. First come basis, queuing outside if necessary. Max 30 at one time. D T
This radical renovation of a 1950s office building transforms the site into an important new urban amenity. The scheme enhances activity and interest at street level by offering an enriched mix of uses and introducing a substantial new public space to the streetscape. Three glass infills or 'masks' span the voids between existing blocks to create a new facade for the building, with the central glazed section enclosing a seven-storey atrium which is open to the public. make 2007.
Tube: Baker Street; Tube/Rail: Marylebone; 2,74,30,113,274

Asia House, City of Westminster 63 New Cavendish Street W1G 7LP: Sat 10am-5pm. First come basis. Max 50
Grade II* listed town house originally planned by Adam in the 1770s. Library book shelves designed by Sir John Soane. Interior of the rooms is Adamesque with filigree plasterwork, inset classical paintings and elaborate marble chimney pieces. John Johnson 18C. Entry: library, cafe, fine rooms 1, 2 and 3. Tube: Oxford Circus, Great Portland Street

Iyengar Yoga Institute, City of Westminster 223a Randolph Avenue W9 1NL
Sat 9am-2pm/Sun 10.30am-5.30pm. Last entry 15 mins before close. Max 6 at one time
Only purpose-built yoga centre in Europe. Yoga's philosophy is translated into the crisp simplicity of the design, with light pouring in through a grid of square light wells in ceiling. Two yoga studios with underfloor heating. Shiva Design 1994. Tube: Maida Vale, Kilburn Park; Rail: Kilburn; 6,16,46,98,187

St Mark's Church, City of Westminster North Audley Street W1K 6DP: Sat 10am-4pm/Sun 2pm-5pm.
Grade I listed church gifted to the people of Mayfair by the first Duke of Westminster. Rare survival of J.P. Gandy-Deering (1787-1850) in Greek Revival style 1828 with splendid temple-like narthex - 'a building of virtually unique quality' with one of the finest facades in London, remodelled Sir Arthur Blomfield 1878 including stunning timber roof. Now under threat of development as spa. Includes fine memorial chapel with beautiful stained glass commemorating those killed during WW1. NB. Sun 10.30am service. Exhibition on history of church, string quartet and jazz recitals. Tube: Bond Street, Marble Arch; all buses to Oxford Street

WITHDRAWALS

Salisbury House Enfield

Andaz (former Great Eastern Hotel) City of London

William Bellamy Children’s Centre, Frizlands Lane, Dagenham RM10 7HX, LB Barking & Dagenham

9 Wilton Way, 9 Wilton Way, E8 3EE, LB Hackney

35 Bryanstone Road, 35 Bryanstone Road, N8 8TN, LB Haringey

Marx Memorial Library, 37a Clerkenwell Green EC1R 0DU, LB Islington

Society of Antiquaries of London, Burlington House, Piccadilly W1J 0BE, Westminster

Thames Chase Forest Centre, Broadfields, Pike Lane, Upminster RM14 3NS, LB Havering

AMENDMENTS


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Bank of England - entry now restricted to museum only

Olympic Park Viewing Gallery at Holden Point, LB Newham Holden Point, Waddington Road, Stratford E15 1QN
Sat/Sun 10am-3.30pm. 1 hour slots, pre-book ONLY on 020 8430 4489. Last entry 3.30pm. Max 15 at one time.

Heart of Hounslow Centre for Health, LB Hounlow 92 Bath Road TW3 3EL
Sat 10am-1pm. Architect-led tours at 10am, 10.15am, 11am, 11.15am, 12noon, 12.15am. Pre-book ONLY by email to l.stephens@penoyre-prasad.net. Max 20 per tour. D A

Skills training workshops, Crisis Skylight, LB Tower Hamlets  66 Commercial Street E1 6LT
Sun 1pm-5pm ONLYTours at 1pm & 3pm. D R T

The Royal Observatory, Greenwich, LB Greenwich Greenwich Park SE10 9NF
Sat 11am-4pm. North Site - guided tours on the hour 11am-4pm, first come basis. Max 20 per tour. No under 12s. South Site - architectural tours on the hour 11am-4pm, first come basis. Max 20 per tour. No under 12s.

Woolwich Town Hall, LB Greenwich Wellington Street SE18 6PW
Sat 9am-4pm. D T

 

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