BBC Broadcasting House in Portland Place
BBC Broadcasting House in Portland Place
Record No
104103
Title
BBC Broadcasting House in Portland Place
Description
View of the west side of BBC Broadcasting House in Portland Place, Marylebone, which also includes the BBC Radio Theatre. It is a Grade II* listed Art Deco style building, built with Portland stone over a steel frame, listing number ???. The first radio broadcast from the building was made on 15 March 1932, but it was officially opened two months later, on 15 May 1932. The facade features bas-relief plaques by Eric Gill, depicting Ariel between Wisdom and Gaiety; the BBC viewed Ariel ‘as the invisible spirit of the air [that] might well serve as a personification of broadcasting’. The upper floor is adorned with the Heraldic Achievement of the BBC, with the motto ‘Nation shall speak peace unto nation’. Cars are driving past including a large Railways Express parcels van. The building is Grade II* listed, listing number 1265570.
Date of execution
1975
Section
The London Archives
Collection
LCC Photograph Library
Medium
photograph
Catalogue No
SC_PHL_01_321_75_11443
London picture map location
Exact
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