Charles Henry Holden, Litt. D., FRIBA, MRTPI, RDI (12 May 1875 – 1 May 1960) was a Bolton-born English architect best known for designing many London Underground stations during the 1920s and 1930s, for Bristol Central Library, the Underground Electric Railways Company of London's headquarters at 55 Broadway and for the University of London's Senate House. He also created many war cemeteries in Belgium and northern France for the Imperial War Graves Commission. More information on the Wikipedia page [1]
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| - Charles Henry Holden, Litt. D., FRIBA, MRTPI, RDI (12 May 1875 – 1 May 1960) was a Bolton-born English architect best known for designing many London Underground stations during the 1920s and 1930s, for Bristol Central Library, the Underground Electric Railways Company of London's headquarters at 55 Broadway and for the University of London's Senate House. He also created many war cemeteries in Belgium and northern France for the Imperial War Graves Commission. More information on the Wikipedia page [1]
- Charles Henry Holden, Litt. D., FRIBA, MRTPI, RDI (12 May 1875 – 1 May 1960) was a Bolton-born English architect best known for designing many London Underground stations during the 1920s and 1930s, for Bristol Central Library, the Underground Electric Railways Company of London's headquarters at 55 Broadway and for the University of London's Senate House. He also created many war cemeteries in Belgium and northern France for the Imperial War Graves Commission.
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| - Harmer Green, near Welwyn, Hertfordshire, England
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| - Great Lever, Bolton, Lancashire, England
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| - A red brick rectangular box shaped building with a concrete roof and two pairs of glazed screens
- A cream coloured stone building with three projecting bay windows on the upper floor above which are sculptural groups
- A long stone-faced façade with seven bays of windows, arched at first floor level and decreasing in size on the floors above. Prominent chimneys project above from the façade.
- A circular red brick building with concrete roof and glazed screens rises over a lower building
- A narrow stone-faced façade with two bays of windows, arched at first floor level and decreasing in size on the floors above
- A low circular building with a wide awning is surmounted by a glazed column with a metal ball on the top
- A grey and red stone and archway at the end of a road. A central arch for vehicles is flanked each side by smaller pedestrian arches
- A cylindrical drum-shaped stair structure in cream stone sits at the junction of two taller blocks
- A grass lawn divided by rows of white grave stones. A pair of block-like white stone buildings flank a range of columns.
- A tall internal space divided by Ionic and Doric columns is overlooked by two levels of balconies
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- Bristol Central Library reading room.JPG
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