Concert halls

SOURCE: Builder, vol. 60, 1891 Feb. 14, after p. 128-129 NOTES: This building, famous for being where the Promenade concerts were founded in 1895, was destroyed by an incendiary bomb in 1941 during the Blitz.

SOURCE: Builder, vol. 60, 1891 Feb. 14, after p. 128-129 NOTES: This building, famous for being where the Promenade concerts were founded in 1895, was destroyed by an incendiary bomb in 1941 during the Blitz..

SOURCE: Building News, vol. 28, 1875 June 11, p. 658-659 NOTES: The building was never fully completed and was closed in 1882.

SOURCE: Building News, vol. 45, 1883 Dec. 28, p. 1037

NOTES: The Shot Tower, designed by David Riddal Roper, was built for Thomas Maltby & Company in 1826 and remained in use for the production of lead shot balls until 1949, after which it was incorporated into the scheme for the 1951 Festival of Britain on the South Bank of the River Thames. In 1950 the top of the tower was removed and a steel-framed superstructure was added instead, providing a radio beacon for the duration of the Festival. It was demolished after the Festival to make way for the Queen Elizabeth Hall, which opened in 1967.

SOURCE: Hermann Muthesius. Die Englische Baukunst der Gegenwart (Leipzig: Cosmos, 1900), pl. 14

NOTES: This closed as a venue in June 2002 and was soon after demolished.

NOTES: The design of this building was won in open competition by Harvey Lonsdale Elmes in 1839. Construction began in 1841 and after Elmes's death in 1847 work was continued by the Corporation Surveyor, John Weightman, until C. R. Cockerell took over as architect in 1851.

NOTES: The design of this building was won in open competition by Harvey Lonsdale Elmes in 1839. Construction began in 1841 and after Elmes's death in 1847 work was continued by the Corporation Surveyor, John Weightman, until C. R. Cockerell took over as architect in 1851.