Art Deco?

[markjay]

Not an architecture expert myself, but are these buldings in Pancras Road Art Deco? Anyone know anything about them?

They are magnificent, and in my opinion it is a pity they are left to the care of the local Council who - presumably due to dwindling budgets - seems to accept their dilapidated exterior.

 

[Charles Morgan]

Yes, those rounded balconies and those pillars at the base either side of the central window column are classic art deco features. They actually don't look too bad.

 

[MOCAŠ]

As Mr M says, it has several Art Deco features, but was actually built post-war, in the late 1940s, by the local authority (not sure if it was called Camden back then), on a bomb-damaged site.

It's called Cecil Rhodes house and is, if you'll forgive the pun, a bit of a rough diamond...

 

[davidjpowell]

A bit of a weird mix that one. Not so keen myself.

 

[brucemillar]

It's their Geordie accents that get me.

 

[markjay]

As Mr M says, it has several Art Deco features, but was actually built post-war, in the late 1940s, by the local authority (not sure if it was called Camden back then), on a bomb-damaged site.

It's called Cecil Rhodes house and is, if you'll forgive the pun, a bit of a rough diamond...

So faux art deco then?

 

[moonloops]

It's their Geordie accents that get me.

Very droll, well done

 

[MOCAŠ]

So faux art deco then?

Something like that. It's too close to the era to be classed as a revival (and we don't real refer to anything as neo-AD (yet), so I suppose you would say it was in the style of..., or more accurately, after the fashion of Art Deco. Not the purest example, of course, but it's nice to think that they took the trouble to give it a little character.

 

[markjay]

Any information regarding the adjacent arches please?

This is actually a facade, that seems to mimic the 'proper' railway arches that used to be located just on the opposite side of the road and were a host to a variety of small garages, all gone now of course - we now have St Pancras International Train Station in their place.

 

[MOCAŠ]

It's what remains of the boundary wall of the St Pancras goods yard (hence nearby Goods Way). It's Grade II listed; here's the text from the EH listing:

Section of St Pancras goods yard perimeter wall with integral
shops. A substantial remnant of the former coal depot
belonging to the Midland Railway Company. Erected as offices
and coal trading stores 1895-1898, possibly to the designs of
John Underwood, engineer to the Midland Railway Company. Red
brick in English Bond with stone dressings; parapeted roof.
Single-storey; pointed-arch arcade of 28 bays, most with shop
fronts of authentic design, in the Gothic Revival style. A
rare survival of commercial premises incorporated within a
rail goods yard.

 

[Charles Morgan]

Something like that. It's too close to the era to be classed as a revival (and we don't real refer to anything as neo-AD (yet), so I suppose you would say it was in the style of..., or more accurately, after the fashion of Art Deco. Not the purest example, of course, but it's nice to think that they took the trouble to give it a little character.

If it's 40s it really is just the tail end of the period, so it is just late Art Deco.