Gardens · London
German Gymnasium, London
German Gymnasium, London — a garden in england-london, United Kingdom.
Bryn Holmes — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2.5 h
- Best time of year
- Spring & summer (Apr–Sep)
- Dog-friendly
- Wheelchair accessible
About
German Gymnasium, London is a garden of interest in england-london, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
The German Gymnasium is a building located at 1 Kings Boulevard (formerly 26 Pancras Road), between the Kings Cross and St Pancras railway stations in the north London Borough of Camden. The building, which is currently used as a German-themed bar and restaurant, is a legacy of London’s once large and thriving German community.
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Background
Architecture
It was constructed in 1864–65 for the German Gymnastics Society, a sporting association established in London in 1861 by Ernst Ravenstein. The National Olympian Association used the Gymnasium as one of the venues for its first ever Games here in 1866, shortly after the German Gymnasium was opened. Designed by Edward A. Gruning and built by Piper and Wheeler, the German Gymnasium is a -storey multi-coloured stock brick building with a roof constructed from laminated wood trusses with cast iron fillets. The roof is an important early example of the use of laminated timber to give broad spans. The roof trusses – some 20m wide – are as experimented with but replaced at nearby King's Cross…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 51.5323, -0.1256
- District
- Camden
- Parish
- Camden, unparished area
- Postcode
- N1C 4AP
- Parliamentary constituency
- Holborn and St Pancras
Sources
- wikidata: Q5551117 (CC0)
- wikipedia: German Gymnasium, London (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is German Gymnasium, London?
- German Gymnasium, London is in London, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 51.5323°, -0.1256°.
- Is German Gymnasium, London wheelchair accessible?
- Yes — German Gymnasium, London is tagged in OpenStreetMap as wheelchair-accessible.