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The Grampians apartment building in 1939, view from now demolished Shepherds Bush LSWR station. The Grampians 1939.jpg
The Grampians apartment building in 1939, view from now demolished Shepherds Bush LSWR station.

The Grampians is grade II listed apartment building in Shepherds Bush Road, Shepherd's Bush, London. [1] It was designed by Maurice Webb in the Art Deco style and built between 1935 and 1937 on top of the former route of the Kensington to Richmond LSWR line and opposite of the LSWR Shepherds Bush station which also had a tower block built on top of its site in the mid 1950s. The designs for the block were exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1935. [1]

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  1. 1 2 Historic England. "The Grampians (1390753)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 27 May 2017.

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