NOTES: Milton Keynes, which incorporated the existing towns of Bletchley, Wolverton and Stony Stratford along with another fifteen villages and farmland in between, was designated a new town in 1967 and planning control was thus taken from elected local authorities and delegated to the Milton Keynes Development Corporation (MKDC). This MacIntyre Home features an in-house bakery and public coffee shop staffed by the home's residents with learning disabilities.
NOTES: The Coffee Rooms were designed and completed by Busby in 1811. Designs for lunettes by J. G. Bubb and the 'Apollonicon', a form of harmonium manufactured by Flight & Robson, were not executed.
NOTES: The Coffee Rooms were designed and completed by Busby in 1811. Designs for lunettes by J. G. Bubb and the 'Apollonicon', a form of harmonium manufactured by Flight & Robson , were not executed.
NOTES: The Coffee Rooms were designed and completed by Busby in 1811. Designs for lunettes by J. G. Bubb and the 'Apollonicon', a form of harmonium manufactured by Flight & Robson, were not executed.
NOTES: This is one of four branches of Olivetti offices, built at the same time to a similar design in the cities of Carlisle, Belfast, Derby and Dundee. All of the metal surfaces, including girders, radiators and trunking were painted bright colours, although varying from office to office. Usually a combination of emerald green, bright blue and bright red was employed. The roofs were a bright yellow plastic, although the one at Belfast was considered too orange and was replaced with a grey one.
NOTES: The competition for the construction of this new terminus to replace the old central station (1864) was won in 1912 by architect Ulisse Stacchini. Construction proceeded very slowly after World War I and the project kept changing and becoming more complex. Mussolini, on becoming Prime Minister, wanted the station to represent the power of the Fascist regime, hence its monumental proportions. The station was inaugurated in 1931.