Sardinia Street, Kingsway

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Sardinia Street looking west with Kingsway and One Kemble Street in the distance. Sardinia Street 7 Jan 2017 06.jpg
Sardinia Street looking west with Kingsway and One Kemble Street in the distance.

Sardinia Street is a short street in the City of Westminster (south side) and the London Borough of Camden (north side) that runs from Kingsway to the south-west corner of Lincoln's Inn Fields. It was named after the old Sardinia Street that was demolished during the construction of Kingsway in 1905.

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London School of Economics buildings on the corner of Kingsway and Sardinia Street featuring a sculpture by Richard Wilson. Wikimania 2014 - 0803 - Kingsway Sardinia St220411.jpg
London School of Economics buildings on the corner of Kingsway and Sardinia Street featuring a sculpture by Richard Wilson.

The north side of Sardinia street is wholly taken up by the New Academic Building of the London School of Economics (LSE), formerly the Public Trustee Office. In 2009, a sculpture by Richard Wilson was installed on its corner with Kingsway. [1] [2] The K2 telephone kiosk on that corner is grade II listed with Historic England. [3]

The south side includes an office building, Sardinia House (c.1910 [4] ) of the LSE, and a King's College London building that fronts Kingsway.

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References

  1. 1 2 LSE unveils new Richard Wilson sculpture, Square the Block. London School of Economics, 14 September 2009. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
  2. Square the Block. Richard Wilson. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  3. Historic England. "K2 TELEPHONE KIOSK OUTSIDE PUBLIC TRUSTEE OFFICE JUNCTION KINGSWAY/SARDINIA STREET (1379264)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  4. Sardinia House property specifications. London School of Economics. Retrieved 25 December 2016.

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