New Government Offices

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: HM Revenue & Customs, 100 Parliament Street

Following a competition, John Brydon was appointed as the architect for the new Government Offices on Great George Street in London in 1898. However, Brydon died suddenly of a throat infection just after the foundations of the building had been laid. The remainder of the project was overseen by architect Sir Henry Tanner, who worked for the Office of Works (the Government Department responsible for building projects). The building was completed in 1912 and is now occupied by HM Treasury and parts of the Cabinet Office. When this perspective drawing of Brydon's design was exhibited at the Royal Academy under the title 'Government Offices: the Circular Court' in 1900, a reviewer for 'The British Architect' commented:

'A good monochrome drawing by C. W. English of what is perhaps the best feature of Mr. Brydon's design, though one does long for some originality at the beginning of a new century.'

Places

England, London, Whitehall: Government Offices, Great George Street, Whitehall

Subjects

carriage, statue (as Subject), architectural plan/technical drawing, townscape/cityscape, horse, man, government building, archway, door, window

Materials & Techniques

paper (as artists material), watercolour (as object name), monochrome

Artist

Charles William English (1862 - 1931)
John Mckean Brydon (1840 - 1901)

Title

New Government Offices

Date

1900

Medium

Watercolour on paper

Dimensions

height: 58.50 cm, width: 95.00 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Mrs H B Cousins, March 1969

Inscription

bl: C.W.E.delt. ; br: J.M.BRYDON.ARCHT. / .1900.

GAC number

8320