Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
United Kingdom / London, England
Location ID: #10138895
Surveyors House at RICS Westminster is a magnificent Victorian building featuring original charm such as a marbled reception, mosaic-tiled lobby, listed gold lift, grand lecture hall, and library.
Traditional redbrick, gabled Victorian building purpose-built for the RICS in Franco-Flemish style, designed by Alfred Waterhouse. Connected to the next door building, the only surviving Georgian building in the street. and a modern (1976) council chamber. On the ground floor are four spacious rooms, with natural daylight. On the first floor, just up the sweeping marble and oak-clad staircase , there is a traditional oak-panelled Lecture Hall and a modern (1976) Council Chamber, whose large bow window overlooks the Supreme Court.
The President's Suite has its own roof terrace and millennium sculpture and overlooks Parliament Square, Big Ben and the London Eye - please see separate entry for details of the views from Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
Location Category:
- CITYSCAPES, ROOFTOPS AND VIEWS - Cityscapes;
- EDUCATIONAL - Lecture Theatres;
- ENTERTAINMENT - Event Spaces;
- MUSEUMS, GALLERIES AND INSTITUTES - Institutes;
- MUSEUMS, GALLERIES AND INSTITUTES - Libraries/archives
Architecture Style:
- Modern (post 1945);
- Period 1850-1900;
- Period 1970-1980;
- Traditional;
- Victorian