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Bethnal Green Museum Building
Key Words :- Museum Building
Address :- Cambridge Heath Road, London, Greater London, E2 9PA
Grid Ref :- TQ 3503 8292
Co-ordinates :- Lat 51.529052 , Long -0.054809
Local Authority :- Tower Hamlets London Borough Council
Pre 1974 County :- Greater London Council
Site Status :- Listed - Grade II*
Historic England List No :- 1357777,
Site Condition :- Operational site, in use for original purpose
Site Dates :- 1857 -
Description and History of Site :-
Part of temporary iron and timber structure ('Brompton Boilers') for South Kensington Museum (now V&A) designed by Maj-Gen. Scott, erected 1855-57. Three bays of 42 ft on 26 ft cast iron columns used for drainage and gas pipes.
Re-erected on present site and encased in brick with glass and slate roof under Scott's supervision in 1872.
In grounds is 'Eagle Slayer' statue cast at Coalbrookdale and a centre piece at Great Exhibition 1851.
Recent renovations include a new vestibule and the re-siting of the Coalbrookdale statue in the cafe.
Now the Museum of Childhood, part of the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Further Reading and References :-
Falconer, Keith. 'Guide to England's Industrial Heritage'. Batsford, 1980
Smith, Denis. 'Civil Engineering Heritage - London and the Thames Valley'. Institution of Civil Engineers, 2001
Coalbrookdale decorative ironwork in London: a gazetteer - by David Perrett
http://www.glias.org.uk/journals/16-c.pdf
https://www.vam.ac.uk/young
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Grid Ref :- TQ 3503 8292
Co-ordinates :- Lat 51.529052 , Long -0.054809
Local Authority :- Tower Hamlets London Borough Council
Pre 1974 County :- Greater London Council
Site Status :- Listed - Grade II*
Historic England List No :- 1357777,
Site Condition :- Operational site, in use for original purpose
Site Dates :- 1857 -
Part of temporary iron and timber structure ('Brompton Boilers') for South Kensington Museum (now V&A) designed by Maj-Gen. Scott, erected 1855-57. Three bays of 42 ft on 26 ft cast iron columns used for drainage and gas pipes.
Re-erected on present site and encased in brick with glass and slate roof under Scott's supervision in 1872.
In grounds is 'Eagle Slayer' statue cast at Coalbrookdale and a centre piece at Great Exhibition 1851.
Recent renovations include a new vestibule and the re-siting of the Coalbrookdale statue in the cafe.
Now the Museum of Childhood, part of the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Falconer, Keith. 'Guide to England's Industrial Heritage'. Batsford, 1980
Smith, Denis. 'Civil Engineering Heritage - London and the Thames Valley'. Institution of Civil Engineers, 2001
Coalbrookdale decorative ironwork in London: a gazetteer - by David Perrett
http://www.glias.org.uk/journals/16-c.pdf
https://www.vam.ac.uk/young
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