This summer, we are celebrating our ‘Everyday Kings and Queens’ acknowledging the efforts of our local heroes who went above and beyond during the pandemic while referencing our royal locality.
With this in mind, we have created two map trails to encourage visitors to explore South Westminster and the royal processional route on foot and look out for the area’s iconic architectural gems.
Take in some of the most recognised buildings in the world, exploring the different architectural styles and contributions along the way.
Tag us in your walks @thenorthbankbid @londonfestivalofarchitecture #architecturalgems #LFA2021
Download the map here
Royal Processional Route
Buckingham Palace
– Architects: John Nash, William Winde, Aston Webb, Edward Blore, Thomas Cubitt
– Neoclassical Architecture
Admiralty Arch
– Architect: Aston Webb
– Neoclassical Architecture, Edwardian Architecture
Horseguards Parade
– Architects: William Kent, John Vardy
– Palladian Architecture
10 Downing Street
– Architects: William Kent, Quinlan Terry, Raymond Erith, Kenton Couse
– Georgian Architecture
Big Ben
– Architects: Augustus Pugin, Charles Barry
– Gothic Revival architecture
Palace of Westminster (otherwise known as the Houses of Parliament)
– Architects: Charles Barry, Augustus Pugin, Donald Insall
– Gothic Revival architecture
Explore South Westminster’s Architectural Gems
Victoria Station
– Architects: John Fowler, Robert Jacomb Hood
– Contemporary
Little Ben
– Architect: Gillett & Johnston of Croydon
Apollo Theatre
– Architects: E. Wamsley Lewis, Lewis and William Edward Trent
– Art Deco
Nova
– Architect: PLP Architecture
– Contemporary
Victoria Palace Theatre
– Architect: Frank Matcham
– Baroque style
Cardinal Place
– Architects: EPR Architects
– Contemporary
Westminster Cathedral
– Architect: John Francis Bentley
– Neo-Byzantine
Westminster Abbey
– Architects: George Gilbert Scott, Ptolemy Dean, John of Gloucester, Nicholas Hawksmoor, Henry Yevele, Robert of Beverley, Henry of Reyns
– Gothic style
The Corinthia Hotel
– Architect: Francis Fowler
– Contemporary
High Commission of South Africa
– Architect: Sir Herbert Baker
– Classical
Uganda High Commission
– Architects: Kilburn Nightingale Architects
Trafalgar Square
– Architect: Sir Charles Barry
St Martin-in-the-Fields
– Architect: James Gibbs, Eric Parry
– Neoclassical architecture, Corinthian order, Palladian architecture
Charing Cross station
– Architects: Edward Middleton Barry, Terry Farrell
– French Renaissance
Adelphi Theatre
– Architects: Ernest Runtz, John and Jane Scott
Coutts Bank
– Architect: Frederick Gibberd
Strand Palace Hotel
– Architect: Oliver Percy Bernard
– Art Deco
The Savoy Hotel
– Architect: Thomas Edward Collcutt
– Art Deco
Lyceum Theatre
– Architects: Samuel Beazley, Bertie Crewe, Rococo
Somerset House
– Architects: Inigo Jones, William Chambers, James Wyatt, Albert Richardson, Thomas Hardwick
– Neoclassical
180 Strand
– Architect: Sir Frederick Gibberd
– Modernist
St Mary le Strand
– Architect: James Gibbs
– Neoclassic Palladian
Waldorf Hilton:
– Architect: Alexander Marshall Mackenzie
St Clement Danes:
– Architects: James Gibbs, Christopher Wren,
– English Baroque
High Commission of Australia – Australia House:
– Architects: Alexander Marshall Mackenzie, Alexander George Robertson Mackenzie,
– Belle époque
High Commission of India:
Architect: Sir Herbert Baker
Royal Courts of Justice:
– Architects: George Edmund Street
– Gothic Revival
