Gardens · London
One Great George Street
One Great George Street — a garden in england-london, United Kingdom.
David Anstiss — 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
One Great George Street 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
One Great George Street (OGGS) is a four-domed grade II listed Edwardian building used as a conference and wedding venue just off Parliament Square in Westminster, England. The building is the global headquarters of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE); it was originally solely a venue for ICE members to meet informally and for conferences, but became available for public events in 1989. It is near the Houses of Parliament, Westminster Abbey, and St James's Park.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
Architecture
From 1839 until 1913, ICE occupied numbers 24–26 Great George Street. In the mid-1880s the government proposed re-development of the area around Great George Street to provide more office space for government departments. This meant the demolition of ICE's first location and led ICE to move its headquarters across the road to numbers 1–7. One Great George Street was built for the ICE between 1910 and 1913 and was the result of an architectural competition won by James Miller, RSA (1860–1947). His winning design was priced at £77,126, with the other architects involved in the design competition including Brigg, Wolstenholme & Thornely, John Belcher, William Emerson, Charles Edward Barry and…
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- Coordinates
- 51.5010, -0.1291
- District
- Westminster
- Parish
- Westminster, unparished area
- Postcode
- SW1A 2AQ
- Parliamentary constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster
- Phone
- +44 20 7930 6961
- Established
- 1913
- Official site
- www.onegreatgeorgestreet.com
Sources
- wikidata: Q7092688 (CC0)
- wikipedia: One Great George Street (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is One Great George Street?
- One Great George Street is in London, United Kingdom (postcode SW1A 2AQ), in the parish of Westminster, unparished area.
- When was One Great George Street built?
- Built or established in 1913.
- Who owns One Great George Street?
- One Great George Street is owned by | current_tenants =.
- How do I get to One Great George Street?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode SW1A 2AQ. It sits within the Cities of London and Westminster parliamentary constituency.