Harry Bell Measures

Harry Bell Measures

Harry Bell Measures (1862 - 1940) was architect for a number of English "improved" housing developments for working men, such as the Rowton Houses in London and Birmingham. He also designed the original station buildings for the Central London Railway, now the Central Line of London Underground, that opened on 30 July 1900.

Measures was later the Director of Barrack Construction for the British War Office and was responsible for buildings such as Dreghorn and Redford Barracks in Edinburgh.

Central London Railway stations

Measures designed the following stations on the original section of the Central London Railway:
* Shepherd's Bush - building shortly to be demolished and rebuilt
* Holland Park - station building remains in use
* Notting Hill Gate - building demolished and rebuilt
* Queensway - opened as "Queens Road". Building remains in use
* Lancaster Gate - building demolished and rebuilt
* Marble Arch - Oxford Street entrance remains
* Bond Street - Oxford Street entrance remains
* Oxford Circus - well preserved example of the type
* Tottenham Court Road - opened as "Oxford Street". Oxford Street Entrance remains
* British Museum - station closed in 1933 when merged with Holborn and demolished in 1990s
* Chancery Lane - High Holborn station building remains but no longer used for access to station
* St Paul's - opened as "Post Office". Building demolished.
* Bank - no surface building constructed

External links

Images of Harry Bell Measures designed Central London Railway stations from [http://photos.ltmcollection.org London Transport Museum Photographic Archive] :
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References

*"Underground Architecture", D Lawrence, London, Capital Transport, 1994
*"Modern Housing in Town & Country", James Cornes, London, Batsford, 1905


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