Fitzroy Place | City of Westminster | U/C

[elliott]

The rooftops of London look a right mess in some of the above pictures, whether it be flat roofs or modern crap.

[GazKinz]

I disagree I think the roofs of the Georgian terraces with their pitched roofs and varying heights look nice, quintessentially London.

[fitz44]

From today, demolition of the perimiter buildings mean you can now see the rather unlovely building at the heart of the site.

[Downfallen]

Has anybody got any pictures of the building/buildings that's currently situated there??

I visited The Middlesex Hospital end of last year......thought I'd share a 'few' pictures with you ....seeing as its all , unfortunately, coming down...

Roof level is flooded and riddled with uncovered asbestos layers.


Central Courtyard...



Consulting corridors had some lovely tiling and woodwork.



Theatre Level...top floor...still remarkably...'intact'





Childrens Ward



Morgue....







And then on the ground floor....and being carefully preserved as part of the development....the wonderful and very old Chapel

[Zenith]

Astonishing.

[DarJoLe]

Well the Chapel is staying, but the rest is pretty grim.

[Bowater]

While the death of religion can only be a good thing, it is curious to think nothing will fill the void for such spiritual buildings such as churches.

[GazKinz]

Amazing photos

[hugh]

Originally Posted by Bowater

While the death of religion can only be a good thing, it is curious to think nothing will fill the void for such spiritual buildings such as churches.

Places for agnostic or humanist reflection?

[milkymilky]

superb photos

[Ciudad Bristol]

The bridge on Riding House Street has been demolished.

[storms991]

Very sad, whats worse than the building going down is the one going up.

[Octoman]

Originally Posted by london lad

That picture shows perfectly that most of this site is not a worthy heritage listed Victorian masterpiece that its sometimes made out to be.

I was thinking the same thing. The more I see of the existing building the more I realize that it is not the architectural gem I thought it was. I still feel uncomfortable with its demolition though because I just know its replacement will be of a lower quality and bland. If the existing building is out of keeping with its surroundings then its replacement is even worse! It looks shite in the renderings and this is it being presented at its absolute best!

[potto]

Originally Posted by Bowater

While the death of religion can only be a good thing, it is curious to think nothing will fill the void for such spiritual buildings such as churches.

It is an intersting reflection. There is something definitely calming about such spaces, the removal from day to day life or something intrinsic in the architecture? I actually felt something similar in the spiritual zone of the millenium dome, its just a shame that such walk in calming arenas are not out there already in current developments or even being experimented on. As as much as churches and faith temples are lovely there is a barrier there for many

[fitz44]

The little bridge has gone, you can see the patched-up area where it connected to the neighbouring building;



Demo continues on the other buildings on site;

[wjfox]

Just a quick update from today. Sorry for the quality. This is taken from the south-east, looking north-west -






(if you look really carefully, you can see the Wembley Arch in the background )

[Chief]

This isn't really news, but I just discovered that Broadgate Tower is a 162m tall,34 storey, 38,000m2 building. The office building at Noho Square, by comparison, is a 60m tall, 11 storey, 32,000m2 building. So you can see that the office alone is a sizeable building in its own right.

I know this development has its detractors, and I'm not entirely convinced by the external elevations or by the name either, but I'm as certain as I can be that the public garden in the centre will be pretty special.

[fitz44]

The north part of the site is pretty well cleared now;

[wjfox]

See post #176 for the same view exactly a month previously.

[the spliff fairy]

I remember first coming across the Middlesex hospital one night and being amazed such a large and grand looking building had escaped my (and many other Londoner's) radar for so long. Seriously go there while you can, and just look up, look around a full 180. Its rare such a big building exists without being broken up by other buildings shouldering in on it. My first thought was, wow, that is going to look amazing when they finish converting it, and spruce up the greying facade. What gives it impact is its properly neoclassical - but the scale combined.

I remember joking to my mate at the time they weren't converting the place into luxury flats or a hotel but were tearing the whole thing down, and he was Greek, and completely appalled. Little did I know I was speaking the truth, I really didn't think they would have the gall to tear it down, despite London's tradition to do so I know. But that was in the bad old days after the war right??

I can't believe they got away with this. Of all the shite ugly as sin buildings in London that they could have replaced they picked the grandest, just-about-to-be-listed one, that unluckily for it, wasn't prominent to Londoners despite it's size. I have no doubt in my mind if this building was on the Thames or a major shopping area there would have been an uproar and it would have been saved. I'm sure it was a mess inside, and that there was asbestos on the roof, and it was grim and cold, and the hastily added on additions later on were eyesores. But that is exactly what unscrupulous developers use as excuse to tear down such edifices after letting them rot and decay, and sometimes set fire to, - that it is impossible to convert and beyond saving, and not worth it anyhow if it was - which is utter, utter bollocks.

Cheap opportunism if ever I saw it, which fits in perfectly with the raison d'etre of Candi and Candi. As someone mentioned earlier, footballers wives developers in show as well as behaviour.

the loss of that little bridge is a travesty.