Churchill Gardens Estate, Pimlico, London: Chaucer House and the heat-accumulator seen from across the Thames

RIBA Ref No RIBA3811

Architect/Designer	Powell & Moya
Artist/Photographer	Galwey, Reginald Hugo de Burgh (1917-1971)
Country	UK: England
City	London
Subject Date	1962
Image Date	1950
View	Exterior
Style	Modern Movement
Medium	Photoprint
Library Reference	BM/H&F/41/J
Orientation	Landscape
Colour Info	Black and white
Credit	RIBA Collections
Subject	Flats ; Housing ; Riverside buildings ; Towers ; Boats ; Heating and ventilating

NOTES: This, the largest housing scheme by Westminster City Council, was built in four sections between 1946 and 1962. The heat-accumulator was used to store the hot water brought in a tunnel below the river from Battersea power station for the district heating scheme.

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