Academy Gardens, London

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Academy Gardens is a Neo-Georgian apartment complex in Duchess of Bedford's Walk, Kensington, London W8. It was built in 1914 as Queen Elizabeth College, the Ladies' (later Women's) Department of King's College, London.

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Queen Elizabeth College

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It was designed by H. Percy Adams and Charles Holden, and is Grade II listed. [1]

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Charles Henry HoldenLitt.D, FRIBA, MRTPI, RDI was a Bolton-born English architect best known for designing many London Underground stations during the 1920s and 1930s, for Bristol Central Library, the Underground Electric Railways Company of London's headquarters at 55 Broadway and for the University of London's Senate House. He also created many war cemeteries in Belgium and northern France for the Imperial War Graves Commission.

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References

  1. Historic England. "QUEEN ELIZABETH COLLEGE AND QUEEN MARY HALL (1080680)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 22 September 2016.

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Coordinates: 51°30′11″N0°11′51″W / 51.503160°N 0.197622°W / 51.503160; -0.197622

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