List entry Summary
This building has been assessed for de-listing under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended. The building has been removed from The National Heritage List for England as it no longer meets the criteria for listing.
Name: Nine ceramic panels formerly at the Fleet Building
Reference Number: 1439074
Location
Farringdon Street, London, EC4A 4AP
The building may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
County: Greater London Authority
District: City and County of the City of London
District Type: London Borough
Parish: Non Civil Parish
National Park: Not applicable to this List entry.
Date first listed: 21-Nov-2011
Date De-listed: 25-Aug-2016
Description
Summary of Building
A ceramic mural of nine panels, c1960, by Dorothy Annan.
Reasons for Removing the Building from the List
The nine ceramic panels at the Fleet Building, c1960 by Dorothy Annan, are removed from the List for the following reason:
* Accuracy of the List: the mural no longer exists on the site and the List should be amended to reflect this.
Selected Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, Bradley, S, The Buildings of England: London 1: The City of London, (1997), pp 146, 342
Other
A letter dated 12 August 1960 addressed to Dorothy Annan from the Ministry of Works' W S Frost, detailing the financial arrangements of the mural commission
A letter dated 16 May 1960 to Dorothy Annan from London Telecommunications Region General Post Office
A letter dated 24 January 1961 to Dorothy Annan from tile manufacturer Hathernware
Newspaper clipping from The Times, March 1961, showing Dorothy Annan laying out the mural tiles on the floor of her North London studio
Photograph from BT Archives of the London Mayor, Sir Bernard N Waley Cohen, unveiling the mural at the Opening of Fleet Building on 11 April 1961
Plans for the Farringdon Street facade of the Fleet Building, including mural positioning, signed by Senior Ministry of Works Architect W S Frost and dated 22 February 1959
Map
National Grid Reference: TQ3158281394
This copy shows the entry on 19-May-2024 at 11:46:15.
