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| Frontispiece. | The Council Chamber. Perspective by A. C.
Horsnell, 1911, from Academy Architecture, Vol. 42,
Dec. 1912, p. 48a |
| 1. | County Hall under construction, 1921. Copyright
Hunting Aerofilms (5603) |
| 2. | (a) Old County Hall, Spring Gardens, in May 1939.
LCC photograph |
| (b) A meeting of the LCC at Old County Hall,
Spring Gardens. Oil painting by H. Jamyn Brooks,
GLC Heritage Collection, courtesy of the Guildhall
Art Gallery, Corporation of London |
| (c), (d) County Hall site in the early 1900s. LCC
photographs |
| 3. | (a) Belevedere Road in 1909. LCC photograph |
| (b) Westminster Bridge Road in 1905. Sketch by
Hedley Fitton from Pall Mall Magazine, Oct. 1905,
p. 403 |
| (c) W. E. Riley's design for County Hall site. From
The Building News, 21 April 1905, between pp. 562–3 |
| (d) The Assessors at work. Watercolour by Joseph
Finnemore, GLC Heritage Collection, courtesy of the
Guildhall Art Gallery, Corporation of London |
| 4. | Unsuccessful Competition Designs |
| (a) River front elevation by H. Percy Adams & C. H.
Holden. RIBA Drawings Collection (AHP/AD [9],
no. 11) |
| (b) Belvedere Road front elevation by Salmon, Son
& Gillespie. From The British Architect, 25 Oct.
1907, between pp. 198–9 |
| (c) River front perspective by Adrian Gilbert Scott.
From The Builder, 12 Sept. 1908, between pp. 282–3 |
| 5. | The Development of Knott's Design |
| (a) Amended design of 1908. Oil painting by Harold
Wyllie, GLC Heritage Collection, courtesy of the
Guildhall Art Gallery, Corporation of London |
| (b) Knott's Royal Academy design of 1909–10. From
The Building News, 29 April 1910, pp. 592–3 |
| (c) Model of revised design approved in 1911. LCC
photograph |
| 6. | (a) County Hall site in July 1909. LCC photograph |
| (b) Foreshore in Feb. 1910. LCC photograph |
| (c) Foundations of Section A under construction.
LCC photograph |
| 7. | Laying the Foundation Stone in 1912. Marquee,
Ceremony, and Ceremonial tools. LCC photographs |
| 8. | County Hall under construction, 1912–1920. LCC
photographs |
| 9. | (a) Roof structure in May 1920. Photograph in possession of Anthony McIntyre |
| (b) County Hall in October 1921. Photograph by
Bedford Lemere, RCHME |
| (c) North front in May 1930. LCC photograph |
| 10. | (a) Opening ceremony, 17 July 1922. London News
Agency photograph (Greater London Photograph
Library) |
| (b) River front in 1922. LCC photograph |
| (c) River front c. 1933. Photograph by Herbert Felton
in possession of The Architectural Press |
| 11. | Ralph Knott and the LCC Chairman and Chief
Officers in 1922. From The Illustrated London
News, 15 July 1922, p. 105, courtesy of The Illustrated
London News Picture Library |
| 12. | (a), (b) Crescent and Members' Terrace in 1922.
LCC photographs |
| (c) The flèche in 1989. RCHME photograph |
| 13. | Belvedere Road front |
| (a) In 1973. GLC photograph |
| (b) Central bays in 1923. LCC photograph |
| (c) Main entrance c. 1930. LCC photograph |
| 14. | (a) Westminster Bridge Road front in 1988. RCHME
photograph |
| (b) Members' Carriage Drive c. 1923. Photograph by
F. R. Yerbury in possession of the Architectural Association |
| (c) Knott's design for rainwater head, 1915. GLRO,
GLC Architect's Plan Room drawing (AD47/02) |
| (d) Members' Entrance in 1963. LCC photograph |
| 15. | Members' Carriage Drive in 1988. RCHME photographs |
| 16. | Members' Courtyard |
| (a) Knott's design for the south elevation, 1912.
GLRO, GLC Architect's Plan Room drawing
(BC7/02) |
| (b) Looking west c. 1922. Central News Limited photograph (Greater London Photograph Library) |
| (c) Knott's design for cast-iron lamps, 1922. GLRO,
GLC Architect's Plan Room drawing (AD16/01) |
| 17. | Members' Courtyard |
| (a) North side in 1929. LCC photograph |
| (b) Members' Entrance c. 1923 Photograph by F. R.
Yerbury in possession of the Architectural Association |
| (c) Memorial to Knott in 1937. LCC photograph |
| 18. | Northern Front |
| (a) In 1986. GLC photograph |
| (b) Vehicle entrance c. 1933. Photograph by Herbert
Felton, RCHME |
| (c) Heraldic carving in 1988. RCHME photograph |
| 19. | (a) Belvedere Road Entrance Hall in 1960. LCC
photograph |
| (b) Ceremonial Staircase and Gates in 1990.
RCHME photograph |
| 20. | (a) Ceremonial Staircase in 1922. LCC photograph |
| (b) 'Ambulatory' in 1990. RCHME photograph |
| (c) Entrance to Council Chamber in 1960. LCC
photograph |
| 21. | Council Chamber in 1938. Photograph courtesy of
Times Newspapers Limited |
| 22. | (a) Ayes Lobby in 1986. GLC photograph |
| (b) Room 177 in 1923. LCC photograph |
| 23. | (a) Members' Library in 1923. LCC photograph |
| (b) Room 168 in 1921. Photograph by Bedford Lemere,
RCHME |
| 24. | (a) Room 129 in 1921. Photograph by Bedford Lemere,
RCHME |
| (b-d) Rooms 128, 129 and 120, in 1922. LCC photographs |
| 25. | (a) Room 165 in 1936. LCC photograph |
| (b) Room 136 in 1921. Photograph by Bedford Lemere,
RCHME |
| (c) Room 115 in 1923. LCC photograph |
| 26. | Principal Floor Corridors |
| (a) Design by Knott, 1913. GLRO, GLC Architect's
Plan Room drawing (AD4/07) |
| (b) Carving on Lady Members' Staircase in 1986.
GLC photograph |
| (c) Corridor in Block 12 in 1933. LCC photograph |
| (d) Postbox and pigeon-holes in 1986. GLC photograph |
| 27. | Fireplaces |
| (a) Room 115, c. 1923. Photograph by F. R. Yerbury
in possession of the Architectural Association |
| (b) Room 133, 1922. LCC photograph |
| (c) Belvedere Road Entrance Hall, 1922. LCC photograph |
| (d) Room 118, 1961. LCC photograph |
| (e) Room 188, 1922. LCC photograph |
| 28. | (a) Lamp-fitting and ceiling details in Council
Chamber in 1986. GLC photograph |
| (b) Lift cage in 1923. LCC photograph |
| (c) Bronze doors inside Members' Entrance in 1990.
RCHME photograph |
| (d) Radiator in Members' Entrance in 1990.
RCHME photograph |
| (e) LCC coat-stand in 1986. GLC photograph |
| 29. | (a) Lunette painting. From The Architectural
Review, Feb. 1923, p. 38, courtesy of The Architectural
Press |
| (b-d) Wood and stone carvings by A. H. Wilkinson,
in 1990. RCHME photographs |
| 30. | Sculptural groups by Ernest Cole in 1990. RCHME
photographs |
| 31. | (a) Horse's head chain-support on embankment
wall. From The Builder, 8 Sept. 1911, between
pp. 274–5 |
| (b) Lion's head mooring-ring on Embankment wall
in 1986. RCHME photograph |
| (c), (d) Sculptural groups by A. F. Hardiman, in
1990. RCHME photographs |
| (e) J. W. Singer & Son's Foundry, Frome, c. 1910.
Photograph in Frome Museum |
| 32. | (a) North Entrance lobby in 1990. RCHME photograph |
| (b) Staircase to Crush Hall in 1933. Photograph by
Herbert Felton, RCHME |
| (c) D Staircase in 1990. RCHME photograph |
| (d) E lift lobby in 1933. LCC photograph |
| 33. | (a) Crush Hall c. 1933. Photograph by Herbert Felton,
RCHME |
| (b) Conference Hall c. 1933. Photograph by Herbert
Felton, RCHME |
| (c) Room 143 in February 1933. LCC photograph |
| 34. | (a) Room 153 c. 1933. Photograph by Herbert Felton,
RCHME |
| (b) Room 152 in 1933. LCC photograph |
| (c) Room 140 c. 1933. Photograph by Herbert Felton,
RCHME |
| (d) Room 142 in 1986. GLC photograph |
| 35. | (a) Education Library in 1933. LCC photograph |
| (b) Education Department Library and Sample
Room in 1933. LCC photograph |
| (c) Medical Department Supplies, Room 35, in 1937.
LCC photograph |
| 36. | (a) West Entrance Hall, Westminster Bridge Road,
in 1988. RCHME photograph |
| (b) Second-floor corridor in 1990. RCHME photograph |
| (c) Third-floor corridor in 1986. GLC photograph |
| (d) Vehicle Licensing Hall in 1963. LCC photograph |
| (e) Luncheon Club in 1939. LCC photograph |
| 37. | (a) Main laboratory in 1954. Fox photograph (Greater
London Photograph Library) |
| (b) Staff Chapel in 1965. LCC photograph |
| (c) Room 201 in 1990. RCHME photograph |
| (d) Octopus Room in 1921. Photograph in possession
of Anthony McIntyre |
| 38. | (a) Roofscape in 1970. GLC photograph |
| (b) Area G in 1990. RCHME photograph |
| (c) Exterior of the Council Chamber in 1990.
RCHME photograph |
| (d) Exterior of the Conference Hall and Education
Library c. 1933. Photograph by Herbert Felton,
RCHME |
| 39. | New County Offices |
| (a) Drawing by G. Gilbert Scott. RIBA Drawings
Collection (ScGG, WhE & HiF [1]4) |
| (b) Model of the new offices in July 1935. LCC
photograph |
| (c) Window detail by Scott. RIBA Drawings Collection (ScGG, WhE & HiF [1]49) |
| (d) Perpective view of new offices at night by Stanley
H. Smith, c. 1937. GLRO Print Collection |
| 40. | New County Offices |
| (a), (e) Exteriors in 1939. LCC photographs |
| (b), (c) Carved panels in 1987. RCHME photographs |
| (d) Models for column capitals in 1938. LCC photograph |
| 41. | New County Offices in 1990. RCHME photographs |
| (a) Entrance to South Block |
| (b) Relief panel in North Block |
| (c) Entrance Hall in North Block |
| (d) M staircase in North Block |
| 42. | (a) War damage to County Hall in 1940. Keystone
Press Agency photograph (Greater London Photograph
Library) |
| (b) Riverside terrace in 1970. GLC photograph |
| (c) Members' Courtyard, infill block in 1986. GLC
photograph |
| (d) Infill block in H Courtyard in 1990. RCHME
photograph |
| 43. | Post-war Interiors. GLC photographs |
| (a) Infill offices in 1986 |
| (b) Staff cafeteria in 1966 |
| (c) Chairman's Reception Suite in 1970 |
| (d) Room 448 in 1974 |
| 44. | North Block extension |
| (a) Under construction in 1956. Photograph by
A. C. Halliday (Greater London Photograph Library) |
| (b) L staircase in 1986. GLC photograph |
| (c) Exterior in 1957. LCC photograph |
| (d) Third-floor offices in 1960. LCC photograph |
| 45. | Post-war buildings |
| (a) Addington Street Annexe in 1989. RCHME
photograph |
| (b) Island Block, interior in 1975. GLC photograph |
| (c) Island Block, escalator connexion in 1988.
RCHME photograph |
| (d) Island Block, exterior in 1975. GLC photograph |
| 46. | (a) Memorial to Emma Cons in 1990. RCHME
photograph |
| (b-d) Portraits of Early LCC Chairmen from GLC
Heritage Collection, courtesy of the Guildhall Art
Gallery, Corporation of London: |
| (b) Captain George Sitwell Campbell Swinton.
Charcoal drawing by J. Singer Sargent |
| (c) Ronald Collet Norman. Oil painting by Glyn
Philpot |
| (d) Sir John Lubbock. Oil painting by the Hon. John
Collier |
| 47. | Portraits of GLC Chairmen from GLC Heritage Collection, courtesy of the Guildhall Art Gallery, Corporation of London |
| (a) Dame Evelyn Joyce Denington. Oil painting by
William Edward Narraway |
| (b) David Thomas Pitt, Lord Pitt of Hampstead. Oil
painting by Edward Irvine Halliday |
| (c) Thomas Archer Ponsonby, 3rd Baron Ponsonby
of Shulbrede. Oil painting by Carlos Sancha |
| (d) Tony Banks, M.P. Oil painting by Jane Murphy |
| 48. | County Hall Redevelopment Proposals, 1989. Photographs from the County Hall Development Group plc |