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Pylon, London Underground roundel and covered seat was designed by Charles Holden is included in the Grade II* listing for Oakwood Underground station

The London Underground is a metro system serving a large part of Greater London and parts of Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex. Seventy-one of the 272 London Underground stations use buildings that are on the Statutory List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, and five have entrances in listed buildings.[1] Buildings are given one of three grades: Grade I for buildings of exceptional interest, Grade II* for particularly important buildings of more than special interest and Grade II for buildings that are of special interest.[2]

The Metropolitan Railway's original seven stations were inspired by Italianate designs, with platforms lit by daylight from above and by gas lights in large glass globes,[3] and the early District Railway stations were similar; on both railways the further from central London the station the simpler the construction.[4] The City & South London Railway's architect Thomas Phillips Figgis designed red-brick buildings topped with a lead-covered dome containing the lift mechanism, such as the Grade II listed station at Kennington.[5][6] The Central London Railway appointed Harry Bell Measures as architect, who designed its pinkish-brown steel-framed buildings with larger entrances.[7] In the first decade of the 20th century Leslie Green established a house style for the tube stations built by the UERL, which were clad in ox-blood faience blocks;[8] eleven of these stations are listed.[9] Harry W. Ford was responsible for the design of at least 17 UERL and District Railway stations, including the listed Barons Court.[10][11] The Met's architect Charles W Clark had used a neo-classical design for rebuilding Baker Street and Paddington Praed Street stations before World War I and, although the fashion had changed, continued with Farringdon in 1923.[7] In the 1920s and 1930s, Charles Holden designed a series of modernist and art-deco stations, some of which he described as his "brick boxes with concrete lids",[12] many of which are listed, five at Grade II*. Holden's design for the Underground's headquarters building at 55 Broadway including avant-garde sculptures by Jacob Epstein, Eric Gill and Henry Moore,[13] incorporates St James Park station and is listed Grade I.[14]

  1. ^ "Heritage Library: Underground: Line". Urban Design. Transport for London. Archived from the original on 23 May 2013.
  2. ^ "Protecting, conserving and providing access to the historic environment in England". Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. 27 February 2013. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
  3. ^ Ovenden 2013, pp. 11, 18–19.
  4. ^ Ovenden 2013, pp. 26, 28.
  5. ^ Ovenden 2013, p. 35.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference HL_Ken was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ a b Ovenden 2013, p. 38.
  8. ^ Ovenden 2013, pp. 60–61, 70.
  9. ^ "Heritage Library: Underground: Architect". Urban Design. Transport for London. Archived from the original on 16 August 2012.
  10. ^ Ovenden 2013, pp. 41, 63.
  11. ^ Cite error: The named reference HL_Baron was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  12. ^ Ovenden 2013, pp. 150–152.
  13. ^ Ovenden 2013, p. 146.
  14. ^ "Underground Journeys: Charles Holden's designs for London Transport" (PDF). V&A RIBA architecture partnership. n.d. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 15 April 2013.

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