Churchill War Rooms entrance
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Bronze entrance to the Churchill War rooms
Located between the Grade I-listed Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Grade II*-listed HM Treasury the canopy forms the entrance to Winston Churchill's underground WWII headquarters.
The shell-like bronze canopy is welded to a stainless steel skeleton frame and features highly burnished 25mm solid bronze letters mounted on perforated plates above the entrance.
Enclosed by a multi-faceted plaster vault, the interior reveals the existing Portland stone façades of the Treasury and Clive Steps, which have been cleaned and restored
Data
- Begun: Jan 2012
- Completed: May 2012
- Floor area: 34m2
- Sector: Arts and culture
- Total cost: £509,409
- Procurement: JCT 2011 Intermediate with Contractor’s Design
- Address: Churchill War Rooms, Clive Steps, King Charles Street, London, SW1A 2AQ, United Kingdom
Professional Team
- Architect: Clash Architects
- Client: Trustees of the Imperial War Museum
- Structural engineer: Price and Myers
- Mechanical engineer: Arup
- Public health engineering: Arup
- Quantity surveyor: Fleming Associates
- Project manager: Neville Bruton Design
- Main contractor: Rooff Limited
- Bronze fabricator: Chris Brammall