London Underground stations that are listed buildings

The London Underground is a metro system serving a large part of Greater London and parts of Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex. Seventy-one of the 272 London Underground stations use buildings that are on the Statutory List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, and five have entrances in listed buildings. Buildings are given one of three grades: Grade I for buildings of exceptional interest, Grade II* for particularly important buildings of more than special interest and Grade II for buildings that are of special interest.

Pylon, London Underground roundel and covered seat was designed by Charles Holden is included in the Grade II* listing for Oakwood Underground station

The Metropolitan Railway's original seven stations were inspired by Italianate designs, with platforms lit by daylight from above and by gas lights in large glass globes, and the early District Railway stations were similar; on both railways the further from central London the station the simpler the construction. The City & South London Railway's architect Thomas Phillips Figgis designed red-brick buildings topped with a lead-covered dome containing the lift mechanism, such as the Grade II listed station at Kennington. The Central London Railway appointed Harry Bell Measures as architect, who designed its pinkish-brown steel-framed buildings with larger entrances. In the first decade of the 20th century Leslie Green established a house style for the tube stations built by the UERL, which were clad in ox-blood faience blocks; eleven of these stations are listed. Harry W. Ford was responsible for the design of at least 17 UERL and District Railway stations, including the listed Barons Court. The Met's architect Charles W Clark had used a neo-classical design for rebuilding Baker Street and Paddington Praed Street stations before World War I and, although the fashion had changed, continued with Farringdon in 1923. In the 1920s and 1930s, Charles Holden designed a series of modernist and art-deco stations, some of which he described as his "brick boxes with concrete lids", many of which are listed, five at Grade II*. Holden's design for the Underground's headquarters building at 55 Broadway including avant-garde sculptures by Jacob Epstein, Eric Gill and Henry Moore, incorporates St James Park station and is listed Grade I.

Stations

Name	Image	Grade	Lines served	Dates	Architect	Notes	Location
Acton Town		II	District, Piccadilly	1932	Charles Holden	Opened in 1879 by the District Railway and rebuilt in 1910, it is the subsequent 1932 Holden building that is listed. This has a lintel on reinforced concrete posts, filled in with red bricks, with shops on either side.	51°30′10.1″N 0°16′48″W
Aldgate East		II	Hammersmith & City, District	1884	Potts, Son and Hennings	North East entrance is within the former Whitechapel library, now an art gallery, which opened in 1892. The entrance to the station was opened in 1937.	51°30′54.7″N 0°4′19.9″W
Aldwych		II	closed	1907	Leslie Green	The station, which closed in 1994, retains the original ticket hall, lift enclosures and tiling on the lower levels.	51°30′43.7″N 0°6′57.4″W
Arnos Grove		II*	Piccadilly	1932	Charles Holden	A largely unaltered highly regarded mature Holden design, this has a tall circular booking hall with large areas of glass and offices on either side.	51°36′58.7″N 0°8′0.6″W
Baker Street		II*	Circle, Hammersmith & City, Metropolitan, Jubilee, Bakerloo	1863, rebuilt 1911–13	John Fowler Charles W Clark	Fowler designed the Circle line platforms and the station was rebuilt by Clark. Chiltern Court, built above the station in the 1920s, is not included in the listing.	51°31′19.2″N 0°9′25.2″W
Bank		I	Central, Northern, Waterloo & City	1898		The station has an entrance via the Grade I listed Bank of England main building and a redundant entrance within the Grade I listed church of St Mary Woolnoth.	51°30′48.6″N 0°5′19.5″W
Balham		II	Northern	1926	Charles Holden	Typical of Holden's designs for the stations on the Northern line extension.	51°26′33.7″N 0°9′7.2″W
Barking		II	District, Hammersmith & City	1851, rebuilt in 1961	HH Powell	Rebuilt after the Second World War on bridge over the railway lines.	51°32′21.5″N 0°4′54.1″E
Barkingside		II	Central	1903	William Burgess	Built by the GER, the Central line extension took over the station in 1948. Listing covers the largely unaltered building on the platform.	51°35′5.3″N 0°5′19.0″E
Barons Court		II	District, Piccadilly	1905	Harry Wharton Ford with Leslie Green	Built for the Piccadilly line extension, many original features still exist.	51°29′26.2″N 0°12′49.0″W
Belsize Park		II	Northern	1907	Leslie Green	A typical Green design unusually with a small forecourt.	51°33′1.1″N 0°9′51.8″W
Boston Manor		II	Piccadilly	1883, rebuilt 1933–34	Charles Holden	Original District Railway platforms remain, the station buildings were rebuilt by Holden for the Piccadilly line extension. A tower holds an enamelled London Underground roundel on glazed ceramic tiles.	51°29′44.9″N 0°19′30″W
Bounds Green		II	Piccadilly	1932	Charles Holloway James with Charles Holden	A Holden Sudbury box style station with several unique features.	51°36′24.8″N 0°7′27.1″W
Bow Road		II	District, Hammersmith & City	1902		Design attributed to C A Brereton, Whitechapel and Bow Railway Engineer.	51°31′38″N 0°1′29″W
Brent Cross		II	Northern	1923	Stanley Heaps		51°34′36.1″N 0°12′49.0″W
Caledonian Road		II	Piccadilly	1906	Leslie Green		51°32′53.9″N 0°7′7″W
Chalk Farm		II	Northern	1906–7	Leslie Green		51°32′39.1″N 0°9′11.9″W
Chesham		II	Metropolitan	1889		A rural 19th century Metropolitan Railway station, complete with water tower and signal box, that survives largely unaltered.	51°42′18.7″N 0°36′40.7″W
Chiswick Park		II	District	1933	Charles Holden		51°29′40.1″N 0°16′4.1″W
Clapham Common		II	Northern	1924	Charles Holden		51°27′42″N 0°8′16.8″W
Clapham South		II	Northern	1926	Charles Holden	Entrance buildings were the first stations to be redesigned by Holden. Listing does not include the later block of flats above the station.	51°27′10″N 0°8′49.2″W
Cockfosters		II	Piccadilly	1933	Charles Holden	Opened for the Piccadilly line extension.	51°39′5.8″N 0°8′55.7″W
Colliers Wood		II	Northern	1926	Charles Holden	Opened for the Northern line extension.	51°25′5.9″N 0°10′40.8″W
Covent Garden		II	Piccadilly	1906	Leslie Green	Office building above the station is not included in the listing.	51°30′46.8″N 0°7′27.5″W
Ealing Common		II	District, Piccadilly	1931	Charles Holden with Stanley Heaps		51°30′37″N 0°17′17.1″W
Earl's Court		II	District	1876 1906 1937	John Wolfe Barry, Harry Wharton Ford	District Railway train shed by Barry, expansions for the Piccadilly line by Ford, and a later entrance on Warwick Road	51°31′12″N 0°6′19.1″W
Eastcote		II	Metropolitan, Piccadilly	1936, opened 1939	Charles Holden	Listing includes shops either side	51°34′36.1″N 0°23′48.8″W
East Finchley		II	Northern	1939	Charles Holden with Leonard Holcombe Bucknell	Opened by the GNR, the Northern took over services in 1939.	51°35′14″N 0°9′54″W
East Ham		II	District, Hammersmith & City	1858 1902			51°32′20.4″N 0°3′5.8″E
Farringdon		II	Circle, Hammersmith & City, Metropolitan	1865 1922	John Fowler, Charles W Clark	Fowler built the original station before it was re-built by Clark	51°31′12″N 0°6′19.1″W
Fulham Broadway		II	District	1880 1905	Harry Wharton Ford	A unique station, since 2003 access to the station has been via a nearby shopping arcade.	51°28′50.2″N 0°11′40.9″W
Gloucester Road		II	Circle, District, Piccadilly	1868 1906	Leslie Green	Piccadilly line expansion by Green not now used by London Underground	51°29′40.9″N 0°10′58.8″W
Great Portland Street		II	Circle, Hammersmith & City, Metropolitan	1912 c. 1912 – c. 1930s	Charles W Clark		51°31′25.7″N 0°8′37.7″W
Green Park		II	Piccadilly, Jubilee, Victoria	1926		The station, which opened in 1906, has entrances via the Grade II listed Devonshire House.	51°30′24.1″N 0°8′34.1″W
Harrow & Wealdstone		II	Bakerloo	1875		Opened in 1837 by the London & Birmingham Railway, the London & North Western Railway later built the ticket office on platform 1.	51°35′33″N 0°20′7.8″W
		II		1912	Gerald Callcott Horsley	The buildings on the north side of the station were built for the new electric services.
Hendon Central		II	Northern	1923	Stanley Heaps	Part of a larger building not included in the listing	51°34′58.8″N 0°13′33.6″W
Holloway Road		II	Piccadilly	1906	Leslie Green		51°33′11.2″N 0°6′42.8″W
Hounslow West		II	Piccadilly	1884 1931 1975	Charles Holden with Stanley Heaps	Holden and Heaps are responsible for the 1931 ticket hall. Platforms were moved in 1975.	51°28′25″N 0°23′8″W
Kennington		II	Northern	1890–1925	T Phillips Figgis		51°29′19″N 0°6′20″W
Kew Gardens		II	District	1869		Station opened in 1869 by the London and South Western Railway, served by the District Railway since 1877.	51°28′37.6″N 0°17′7.1″W
Kilburn Park		II	Bakerloo	1914–15	Probably by Stanley Heaps, after Leslie Green		51°32′6.4″N 0°11′38.6″W
Leicester Square		II	Piccadilly, Northern	1900		The station, which opened in 1906, has an entrance via the Grade II listed Hippodrome.	51°30′41.04″N 0°7′42.24″W
Loughton		II	Central	1939–40	John Murray Easton		51°34′58.8″N 0°13′33.6″W
Maida Vale		II	Bakerloo	1914–15	Probably by Stanley Heaps, after Leslie Green		51°31′47.2″N 0°11′8″W
Moorgate		II	Circle, Hammersmith & City, Metropolitan, Northern	1865, 1900	Thomas Phillips Figgis	Two entrances are listed: Figgis designed the building in Moorgate	51°31′7″N 0°5′19″W
		II*		1924–27	Edwin Lutyens	The grade II* Lutyens house had a station entrance in Finsbury Circus
Mornington Crescent		II	Northern	1907	Leslie Green		51°32′3.8″N 0°8′19″W
North Ealing		II	Piccadilly	1899 1903		Built 1899 by the District Railway, opened 1903	51°29′57.8″N 0°18′51.1″W
Northfields		II	Piccadilly	1932	Charles Holden with Stanley Heaps		51°31′3″N 0°17′19″W
Notting Hill Gate		II	Circle, District, Central	1868	John Fowler	Train shed over the District and Circle line platforms	51°30′32.4″N 0°11′49.2″W
Oakwood		II*	Piccadilly	1932–34	Charles Holden and Charles Holloway James		51°38′51″N 0°7′54.1″W
Osterley		II	Piccadilly	1934	Stanley Heaps and Charles Holden		51°28′53″N 0°21′7.92″W
Oxford Circus		II	Bakerloo, Central, Victoria	1900, upper storey before 1908	Harry Bell Measures, Delissa Joseph	Central line entrance built by Measures, with the upper storey by Joseph	51°30′54.7″N 0°8′29.8″W
				1906	Leslie Green	Green designed the Bakerloo line entrance. Office building above is not included in the listing.
Paddington (Praed Street)		II	District, Circle	1866–68 1915	John Fowler, Charles W Clark	Fowler built the original Praed Street station before the street building was re-built by Clark	51°30′56″N 0°10′32″W
Park Royal		II	Piccadilly	1935–36	Welch and Lander, inspired by Holden	A replacement for the previous 1903 station 600 metres (660 yd) to the north, this station opened in 1931 and the current building was completed in 1936. Listing covers the station buildings and adjoining flats and shops.	51°31′36.8″N 0°17′3.1″W
Perivale		II	Central	Designed 1938 completed 1947	Brian Lewis and Frederick Francis Charles Curtis	A Great Western Railway halt rebuilt for the Central line extension.	51°32′11.8″N 0°19′23.9″W
Piccadilly Circus		II	Bakerloo, Piccadilly	1906/7, 1925–8	Charles Holden	Underground concourse and subways designed by Holden, rebuilt 1925–8. Original Green access buildings demolished in 1990.	51°30′36.4″N 0°8′2.4″W
Rayner's Lane		II	Metropolitan, Piccadilly	1938	Charles Holden and Reginald Uren	Opened in 1906 by the Metropolitan Railway, the Piccadilly line was extended in 1933. Listing includes station with shops and platforms.	51°34′31.1″N 0°22′17.0″W
Redbridge		II	Central	Designed 1935–38, opened 1947	Charles Holden	One of Holden's last designs, the unopened tunnels were used as an aircraft component factory during World War II and the design was altered due to post-war austerity measures.	51°34′32.6″N 0°2′41.6″E
Ruislip		II	Metropolitan, Piccadilly	1904, modified 1928		Opened in 1904 by the Metropolitan Railway, the Piccadilly line was extended in 1933. A largely unaltered Metropolitan Railway country station.	51°34′17.0″N 0°25′16.0″W
Russell Square		II	Piccadilly	1906	Leslie Green	Lower levels largely unaltered.	51°31′23.2″N 0°7′27.8″W
South Kensington		II	Circle, District, Piccadilly	1867–68, substantially altered 1907.	John Fowler, altered by George Cambell Sherrin	Sherrin designed the Edwardian shopping arcade, listing includes the subway to the museums.	51°29′38.8″N 0°10′25.7″W
South Wimbledon		II	Northern	1926	Charles Holden	Built out of Portland stone, with a curved facade on a corner site, for the Northern line extension to Morden.	51°24′56″N 0°11′27.6″W
Southgate		II*	Piccadilly	1933	Charles Holden	Designed with a matching shopping arcade and bus station, retains many original features.	51°37′57″N 0°7′41.0″W
St James's Park		I	Circle, District	1927–9	Charles Holden	55 Broadway, the headquarters of the UERL and incorporating St James Park station, was rebuilt by Holden.	51°29′57.8″N 0°8′3.8″W
St John's Wood		II	Jubilee	1939	Stanley Heaps	Includes a replica Harold Stabler tiles scheme. Apartment block built above in 1963 not included.	51°32′4.9″N 0°10′27.1″W
Sudbury Hill		II	Piccadilly	1931	Charles Holden with Stanley Heaps	Rebuilt for the Piccadilly line extension.	51°33′2.9″N 0°18′56.2″W
Sudbury Town		II*	Piccadilly	1930–1	Charles Holden	Rebuilt for the Piccadilly line extension, this was the prototype for Holden's 'Sudbury box' modernist designs for the Piccadilly line extensions.	51°33′2.9″N 0°18′56.2″W
Tooting Bec		II	Northern	1926	Charles Holden	Built for the Northern line extension to Morden with two entrances constructed out of Portland stone. Original tiled decoration still present on sub-surface passages and platforms.	51°26′9″N 0°9′32.4″W
Tooting Broadway		II	Northern	1926	Charles Holden	Built for the Northern line extension to Morden with a curved facade made from Portland stone. Original tiled decoration still present on sub-surface passages and platforms.	51°25′40″N 0°10′4.8″W
Turnpike Lane		II	Piccadilly	1932	Charles Holden	Opened for the Piccadilly line extension.	51°35′25.4″N 0°6′10.1″W
Uxbridge		II	Metropolitan, Piccadilly	1938	Charles Holden with Leonard Holcombe Bucknell	A concave station frontage and shops with a red brick facade. Platforms covered by concrete arches with sloped clerestory windows.	51°32′45.2″N 0°28′41.9″W
Watford		II	Metropolitan	1925 c. 1925	Charles W Clark	Brick built in domestic style to set the tone for the local Metro-land development	51°39′27″N 0°25′3″W
West Acton		II	Central	1930s	Brian Lewis	Built by the Great Western Railway for the Central line extension. The concrete ticket hall, faced in brick with a full-height window on the front back, is on a bridge over the two platforms.	51°31′5.16″N 0°16′50.9″W
West Brompton		II	District	1869	John Fowler	Best preserved example of a District Railway station.	51°29′11.8″N 0°11′44.5″W
Willesden Green		II	Jubilee	1879 1925	Charles W Clark	Street buildings were re-built by Clark for the Metropolitan Railway with his cream terracotta facade. Services currently provided by the Jubilee line.	51°32′57.1″N 0°13′18.1″W
Wood Green		II	Piccadilly	1932	Charles Holden	Holden was constrained at Wood Green by the limited size of the corner site, and therefore used a different design than his other Piccadilly line stations of the early 1930s.	51°35′49.2″N 0°6′36″W

See also

• List of London Underground stations

References

Books

• Leboff, David (1994). London Underground Stations. Ian Allan. ISBN 978-0-7110-2226-3.
• Ovenden, Mark (2013). London Underground by Design. Penguin Books. ISBN 978-1-84614-417-2.

External links

• Underground Journeys: Charles Holden's designs for London Transport (online exhibition from the Royal Institute of British Architects)