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| Industry | Construction |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1810 |
| Defunct | 1976 |
| Fate | Acquired |
| Successor | Tarmac |
| Headquarters | London, UK |
Key people | Lord Ashcombe (Chairman) |
Holland, Hannen & Cubitts was a major building firm responsible for many of the great buildings of London.
| | |
| Industry | Construction |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1810 |
| Defunct | 1976 |
| Fate | Acquired |
| Successor | Tarmac |
| Headquarters | London, UK |
Key people | Lord Ashcombe (Chairman) |
Holland, Hannen & Cubitts was a major building firm responsible for many of the great buildings of London.
The company was formed from the fusion of two well-established building houses that had competed throughout the later decades of the nineteenth century but came together in 1883: this was implemented by Holland & Hannen acquiring Cubitts, a business founded by Thomas Cubitt some 70 years before. [1] During the Second World War the company was one of the contractors engaged in building the Mulberry harbour units. [2]
In the 1960s, when Lord Ashcombe was the Chairman of the company, it held a major stake in ACI Property Corporation, the developer for the Le Cartier Apartments in Montreal. [3]
The company was acquired by Drake & Gorham Scull [1] in 1969 and then by Tarmac in 1976 and subsequently integrated into Tarmac Construction. [4]
The combined business went on to construct many important buildings and structures including the Holborn Bars in High Holborn completed in 1906, [5] the Cunard Building in Liverpool completed in 1917, [6] the Cenotaph in London completed in 1920, [7] County Hall, London completed in 1922, [8] Ironmongers' Hall completed in 1925, [1] Unilever House completed in 1930, [9] South Africa House in London completed in 1933, [1] the Senate building of the University of London completed in 1937, [1] the Royal Festival Hall in London completed in 1951, [1] the Roxburgh Dam in New Zealand completed in 1956, [1] New Zealand House in London completed in 1961, [1] the West London Air Terminal completed in 1963, [10] and Trawsfynydd nuclear power station completed in 1965. [1]
Pimlico is an area of Central London in the City of Westminster, built as a southern extension to neighbouring Belgravia. It is known for its garden squares and distinctive Regency architecture. Pimlico is demarcated to the north by Victoria Station, by the River Thames to the south, Vauxhall Bridge Road to the east and the former Grosvenor Canal to the west. At its heart is a grid of residential streets laid down by the planner Thomas Cubitt, beginning in 1825 and now protected as the Pimlico Conservation Area. The most prestigious are those on garden squares, with buildings decreasing in grandeur away from St George's Square, Warwick Square, Eccleston Square and the main thoroughfares of Belgrave Road and St. George's Drive. Additions have included the pre–World War II Dolphin Square and the Churchill Gardens and Lillington and Longmoore Gardens estates, now conservation areas in their own right. The area has over 350 Grade II listed buildings and several Grade II* listed churches. At the western edge of Pimlico, on the borders of Chelsea, Pimlico Road has become known in recent years for its interiors and design stores.
Thomas Cubitt was a British master builder, notable for his employment in developing many of the historic streets and squares of London, especially in Belgravia, Pimlico and Bloomsbury. His great-great-great-granddaughter is Queen Camilla.
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The year 1920 in architecture involved some significant events.
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Cubitt is a surname, and may refer to:
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Holborn Bars, also known as the Prudential Assurance Building is a large red terracotta Victorian building on the north side (138–142) of Holborn in Camden at the boundary of the City of London, England. The block is bounded by Holborn to the south, Brooke Street to the west, Leather Lane to the east and Beauchamp Street to the north. It is currently occupied by De Vere Venues and also the London office of English Heritage at 1 Waterhouse Square.
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