Sherbourne wharf, the art deco building - whats the history?

[Laurence Hogg]

This building in the entrance of Sherbourne wharf id unusual as its art deco style would normally associate with the Grand Union Canal Company style used at Ruislip and elsewhere, can anyone throw any light on this?

 

[Laurence Hogg]

Just "bumping" this, I am amazed there are no comments to date.

[pearley]

Ray Shill?

[zenataomm]

I've tried to check it out on 20th Century OS maps, but no clues.

[Heartland]

Elizabeth Thompson from CRT has been looking into these buildings which date from 1930's. She has records of the architect. They are contemporary with the later development of this site for use by Fellows, Morton & Clayton.

 

Sherborne Wharf is of course much earlier dating back to the 1830's at least. The arm beside it passed under Sherborne Street and at one time served a bedstead factory.This arm also was alongside Baldwins Paper Mill.

 

Ray Shill

[kbarber]

I'd have thought any company building in the 1930s would go for some sort of variant on the art deco style. Railway companies certainly did, witness the various signalbox designs (the only company that didn't join in there was the LMS, who did some rather heavy art deco stuff for station & office buildings nonetheless). Led to some classic designs, particularly the Southern Railway's Type 13 'Queen Mary' seen to advantage at Woking http://www.wbsframe.mste.co.uk/public/Woking.html

Edited July 7, 2015 by kbarber

[Derek R.]

London Underground were not far behind with their 1930's modernisation:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Finchley_tube_station#/media/File:East_Finchley2.JPG

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Finchley_tube_station#/media/File:East_Finchley_stn_building.JPG

 

for modelling:

http://kingswaymodels.com/page4.htm

 

A digression, but fascinating all the same - Derelict London. I was shocked to see Waterloo International defunct after just 13yrs.

http://www.derelictlondon.com/london-transport.html

Water Chariots are there at the bottom - at £95 a ticket what takers?

 

Tottenham Lido had similar architecture having been built in 1934, and a purely selfish nostalgia trip:

http://tottenham-summerhillroad.com/tottenham_memories__steven_rowe.htm

The railway exhibition depicted at Noel Park yard I remember well - I was there - aged 11yrs old!