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Co-op Building (Castle House), Angel Street, Sheffield; G S Hay, (1959-64) & Hadfield Cawkwell & Davidson (1962) incorporating glass-fibre sculpture of Vulcan by Boris Tietze, Grade II

EH has listed both parts of this building, but as we suggested, has concentrated its assessment and description on the Hay building and the inter-connecting stairwell. Praising the innovative design and interior artwork and fittings, EH concluded it was a significant, high quality piece of post-war commercial architecture. Sheffield City Council has asked DCMS for a review of the decision, but no decision has yet been made on whether one will be granted. <span id="1253729530135S"> </span>

Devon County War Memorial, Cathedral Green, Exeter, Devon; Sir Edwin Lutyens (1920), Grade II*

Listed in a group with the Jellicoe stairs at the west front, this important high grade will do much to deter the Dean from moving the memorial, which Lutyens designed to align with the west front of the cathedral. 

Kingsway Health Centre, Widnes, Cheshire; Austen T Parrott (1939), Grade II

Kingsway Health Centre is now listed at Grade II as a well-preserved example of a 1930s health centre. In its assessment, English Heritage praised the Moderne style building for its striking design—which features fine Art Deco elements inside and out, including a stunning Vitrolite tiled stairway. It is also particularly noted that, designed by local architect Austen T Parrott and opened shortly before the outbreak of WWII in 1939, the building served the Widnes area as a health centre until its closure in 2006. In this connection, EH’s report specifically compares Kingsway Health Centre to Finsbury Health Centre. 

The Roan School, Maze Hill, Greenwich, London; P B Dannatt & Bannister Fletcher (1926), Grade II

EH praised this Neo-Georgian school for its planning and thoughtful detailing, partly designed by the Society’s President’s great-uncle. The EH Research and Standards Dept looked at the building in the context of the current research on inter-war schools. The building is still likely to be sold by the school which is moving to a nearby site. <span id="1253729578372S"> </span>

22 Weymouth Street, Marylebone, Westminster, London; Sir Giles Gilbert Scott and Adrian Gilbert Scott (1934), Grade II

The Society is delighted that this two-storey private house in central London—just a block away from the RIBA Headquarters—was listed by English Heritage as one of a very small and distinguished portfolio of private houses by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott. Exceptionally elegant and designed in a restrained classical style, the building demonstrates some superb brickwork, as is characteristic of both brothers’ architecture. (See Casework Report and Listing Report in C20 Newsletter, Winter 2008/9, pages 7 and 11.)  

K8 Telephone Box, Shrub Hill Station platform, Worcester; Designed by Bruce Martin (1967), Grade II

After a two year campaign to highlight the plight of Britain’s last ‘great red box’, the first K8 kiosk has been listed by English Heritage. Praising the K8 as a significant piece of C20 industrial design and looking closely at how the rationalised box was designed by architect Bruce Martin, EH has here set a precedent for the listing of many other surviving examples of the kiosk. The Society put 15 examples forward in all and immortalised the classic design on a now highly-collectable (but still available) tea-towel . 

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