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Science Museum Group - About us Website
Catalogue reference: PF 175
Date: From 2012
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Property Services Agency: National Gallery; Hampton Site extension competition entries
Catalogue reference: CM 66
What's it about?
CM 66
The series contains entries for the architectural competition in 1982 to choose a design for the proposed extension to the National Gallery on the Hampton site at Trafalgar Square.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- CM 66
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Title (The name of the record)
- Property Services Agency: National Gallery; Hampton Site extension competition entries
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1982
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Description (What the record is about)
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The series contains entries for the architectural competition in 1982 to choose a design for the proposed extension to the National Gallery on the Hampton site at Trafalgar Square.
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Property Services Agency, 1972-1990
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- files and photographs
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Records not yet transferred
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Department for Communities and Local Government
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Museums and galleries
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- Property Services Agency 1982-1992; Department of Environment 1992-1996; Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions 1997-2001; Department of Transport, Local Government and the Regions 2001-2002; Office of the Deputy Prime Minister 2002-2006; Department for Communities and Local Government 2006-.
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- No further accruals expected.
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- The 48 entries which survived the initial sift (the competition attracted 79 entries by various architects) have been recommended for retention as have a set of notes on the competition.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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In 1982 it was proposed to build an extension to the National Gallery on the Hampton site to the west of the main building, so-called because the Hampton Department Store had stood on there until destroyed by enemy action in the Second World War. A competition was held to find a suitable design and just under 50 designs were given a full consideration.
The winning entry proved to be a controversial choice (described by The Prince of Wales as a 'monstrous carbuncle on the face of a much-loved and elegant friend') and was eventually rejected, causing another competition to be held in 1985.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16235703/
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