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Baker Street Station Chiltern Court

  • English National Heritage: Baker Street Station: Main Entrance Building and Metropolitan, Circle and Hammersmith and City Line Platforms (Nos 1-6) Including Retaining Wall To Approach Road
  • Also Known As: Chiltern Court

  • Address: Marylebone Rd
  • Vicinity: Baker St
  • Neighborhood of Marylebone in London
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Structure


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1912/00/00 Metropolitan Railway Owner Metropolitan Railway begins building a hotel and new company headquarters above its Baker Street underground railway station. Construction will be haunted by the hostilities of the Great War, 1914-1918.
1927/00/00 Charles W Clark Architect Metropolitan Railway restarts construction above its Baker Street station with a new design that replaces the hotel by an apartment block and a restaurant.
1929/00/00 Metropolitan Railway Owner Chiltern Court apartments are completed above its Baker Street Underground Station. The finished building offers 180 apartments, a hairdressers and the Chiltern Court Restaurant.
1930/00/00 Arnold Bennett Home Arnold Bennett buys a flat at Chiltern Court.
1930/00/00 H G Wells Home H G Wells takes a flat at Chiltern Court where he will host literary salons.
1931/03/27 Arnold Bennett Died Arnold Bennett dies at age 63 of typhoid fever.

Places

PlaceAsNotedInType
PlaceAsNotedInType
1-21, Cornwall Terrace Nw1
  • ELB 1
222, Marylebone Road Nw1
  • ELB 2
8-12, York Gate Nw1
  • ELB 1
York Terrace
  • ELB 1

Data »

Particulars for Baker Street Station Chiltern Court:
Structure type Bridge
Structure Design Cut and cover tunnel
Area of Significance Engineering
Historic Use Pedestrian Related
Sight Category Structure
Area of Significance Transportation

Data
English National Heritage List: 1239815



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