Canada House in Trafalgar Square
Canada House in Trafalgar Square
Record No
141291
Title
Canada House in Trafalgar Square
Description
View of Canada House, at the northwest corner of Trafalgar Square and Pall Mall East, City of Westminster. Built in 1824-27 by Sir Robert Smirke, as premises for The Royal College of Physicians and The Union Club, and altered into Canada House in 1925 by Septimus Warwick. Faced in Bath stone, with two storeys, attics and a balustraded parapet. Fifteen-windows wide to Trafalgar Square, with former central entrance that is now a window. Facing Pall Mall East with a portico of Ionic columns contained by advanced pilastered bays. The designers imported Canadian furniture, carpets and maple and birch flooring and the building was officially opened on 29 June 1925 by King George V. It remains the home to the High Commission of Canada to the United Kingdom. It is Grade II* listed, number 1217724. 13-17 Pall Mall East, a more modern five-storey building with a balustraded parapet, is also part of Canada House. On the right is a statue of General Sir Charles Napier, cast in bronze in 1855 by G. G. Adams on a granite pedestal. An officer in the British Army's Peninsular and 1812 campaigns, and later a Major General of the Bombay Army, during which period he led the military conquest of Sindh, before serving as the Governor of Sindh, and Commander-in-Chief in India. The statue was raised by subscription from private soldiers who had served under Napier in India. It is Grade II* listed, number 1357304. There are several men, all in Bowler hats, and two women also wearing hats.
Date of execution
1925
Section
The London Archives
Collection
LCC Photograph Library
Notes
- Updated 2010 10 28
Medium
photograph
Catalogue No
SC_PHL_01_537_WN804
London picture map location
Exact
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