NOTES: The ground floor of Cranbourn Chambers at the corner of Charing Cross Road and Cranbourn Street had originally been an underground station. It was vacated in 1934 when London Transport required the space for the building of the new Leicester Square underground station. After the Second World War, the building was occupied by the British Transport Commmission, who employed Peter Moro in association with Gordon and Ursula Bowyer, to convert the ground floor into offices for the Commercial Advertising Division of the Commission.
NOTES: The murals on one side show the temperate Mediterranean and tropical climates and on the other large maps depicting routes operated by British European Airways.
NOTES: The murals on one side show the temperate Mediterranean and tropical climates and on the other large maps depicting routes operated by British European Airways.
NOTES: The murals on one side show the temperate Mediterranean and tropical climates and on the other large maps depicting routes operated by British European Airways.
NOTES: The ceiling is Indian-red hide and the walls of yellow hide divided into panels by manganese-bronze strips. The table top is black leather with legs of mild steel and the chairs are teak with black leather upholstery and manganese-bronze fittings.
NOTES: The ceiling is Indian-red hide and the walls of yellow hide divided into panels by manganese-bronze strips. The table top is black leather with legs of mild steel and the chairs are teak with black leather upholstery and manganese-bronze fittings.
NOTES: This was built to house the administrative staff of a servicing works for precision machines made by Societe Genevoise Limited. The mural by Henry and Joyce Collins incorporates some of the machiness serviced by the clients and is painted in varying tones of grey with small areas of intense blue.
NOTES: The mural by students from the Bournemouth School of Art is composed of pebbles from Chesil Beach and aluminium sections of types produced by the extrusion presses in the building. The work was done in situ, the pebbles being set in screeding as work progressed,
NOTES: The mural by students from the Bournemouth School of Art is composed of pebbles from Chesil Beach and aluminium sections of types produced by the extrusion presses in the building. The work was done in situ, the pebbles being set in screeding as work progressed,
NOTES: The mural by students from the Bournemouth School of Art is composed of pebbles from Chesil Beach and aluminium sections of types produced by the extrusion presses in the building. The work was done in situ, the pebbles being set in screeding as work progressed,