1 Kingsway

51°30′48″N 0°07′06″W / 51.513404°N 0.118323°W / 51.513404; -0.118323

1921 illustration of Shell Corner

1 Kingsway formerly known as Shell Corner is an office block in Aldwych, London. Together with 61 Kingsway it forms the southern gateway of the Kingsway.

History

The Aldwych and Kingsway were together part of a large metropolitan redevelopment scheme by the London County Council. Aldwych forming a crescent in the south connects to Kingsway, a large avenue bounded by a number of large Edwardian office blocks.

Shell Corner and its parallel, nearly symmetrically designed 61 Kingsway would form the southern terminus of the new road. Both were designed before the First World War but construction would only begin on Shell Corner, the western block, following the war. It would be completed in 1922 by Trehearne and Norman, behind a number of blocks on Kingsway, with Thomas Tait the main architect.

The building was refurbished in the 21st century, with the facade maintained.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Weinreb, Ben; Hibbert, Christopher, eds. (1995). The London encyclopaedia (Rev. ed.). London: Macmillan. p. 438. ISBN 978-0-333-57688-5.
  2. ↑ Allinson, Kenneth. (2008). Architects and Architecture of London. Oxford: Architectural Press. p. 287. ISBN 978-1-136-42964-4.
  3. ↑ Cherry, Bridget; Pevsner, Nikolaus, eds. (1999), London. 4: North / by Bridget Cherry and Nikolaus Pevsner (Repr. with corr ed.), Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, p. 351, ISBN 978-0-14-071049-6
  4. ↑ Gray, A. Stuart (1985). Edwardian Architecture: A Biographical Dictionary. London: Wordsworth Editions. p. 81. ISBN 0-7156-2141-6.
  5. ↑ "One Kingsway". onekingsway.co.uk. Retrieved 2026-08-06.
  6. ↑ "No. 1 Kingsway - Building - London WC2B". www.buildington.co.uk. Retrieved 2026-08-06.