Title

Royal Festival Hall, Belvedere Road, South Bank, Lambeth, London, c1951

Caption

Royal Festival Hall, Belvedere Road, South Bank, Lambeth, London, c1951. The hall and shot tower from Hungerford Bridge. The tower was built in 1826 and incorporated into the development of the bank for the Festival of Britain in 1951 but was later demolished. Designed by Sir Robert Matthew, Leslie Martin and Peter Moro, the Royal Festival Hall is an example of modernist architecture and was built to celebrate the Festival of Britain in 1951.

Date

1951

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England Archive

Reference

HRM19A82_203

Model release

Non

License type

Droits gérés

Available size

58,4Mo (1,5Mo) / 47,0cm x 31,1cm / 5550 x 3675 (300dpi)

Keywords

exterior river water road building buildings London England River Thames Thames event music architecture street arts country entertainment tower pier bridge British geography English lane avenue waterfront location century Britain concert outside B&W venue MONOCHROME fifties royal festival hall 1950s south bank waterloo bridge Southbank black & white black and white B W 20th century concert hall Lambeth English Heritage Belvedere Road decade Festival of Britain 1951 Festival Pier geographical feature Shot Tower TGN photograph Robert Leslie Peter SW Rawlings Matthew Robert Matthew Sir Robert Matthew Leslie Martin Martin Peter Moro Moro Rawlings SW Robert Matthew Leslie Martin Peter Moro photograph