
This charming studio apartment is on the top floor of The Grampians, a Grade II-listed art deco mansion block in Shepherd’s Bush. Maurice Webb’s designs for the building were exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1935; construction began the same year and was completed in 1937. In this apartment, south-west-facing Crittall windows draw in plenty of natural light and frame beautiful views of the setting sun.
Setting the Scene
The grand steel-framed building has walls of red-brown brick and Portland stone dressings on the front block. The façade is in an art deco/modern style, with classical references accentuated by a stepped-down roofline and two-storey curved shop projections. These flank the central entrance from the street, receding back in curves to form an impressive entrance court. At the top of the building, above the central projection, are triple-arched openings with balustrades forming a Lutyens-like belvedere feature.
The Grampians was the first part of a proposed string of blocks of flats along a disused railway line. Designed by Maurice Webb in conjunction with Collcutt and Hamp, it was originally intended to provide affordable rented housing for working professionals. Grade II-listed in 2003, it is a characteristic interwar development and among the finest blocks of its kind.
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