Intercity House
Intercity House is an office building at Plymouth railway station (formerly known as Plymouth North Road station),[1] the main rail station in Plymouth, Devon. Opened in 1962 by Dr Beeching,[2] it was constructed by British Rail between 1956 and 1962 to the designs of architects Howard Cavanagh and Ian Campbell[3] as part of the post war reconstruction detailed in A Plan for Plymouth,[4][5][6] put forward by Sir Patrick Abercrombie at the request of Plymouth City Councillors.
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General information | |
Status | Complete |
Type | Office |
Location | North Road West, Plymouth, Devon, PL4 6AB |
Completed | 1962 |
Owner | Network Rail |
Height | |
Roof | 47.20 m (154.9 ft) |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 10 |
It has 10 stories and is 47.2 m high and is one of the tallest buildings in Plymouth (2018).[7][8]
The building was scheduled for a major update in 2014[9] as part of a ten-year plan to improve the facilities at the station[10] A proposal to remodel the station precinct (published in December 2017) suggests demolishing Intercity House to 'eliminate poor quality vacant office space'.[11]
Bibliography
- J. Paton Watson and Patrick Abercrombie, A Plan for Plymouth, Underhill, (Plymouth). Ltd., 1943.
References
- Moseley, Brian (7 May 2007). "Plymouth Station (formerly Plymouth North Road Station)". The Encyclopaedia of Plymouth History. Plymouthdata.info. Archived from the original on 16 May 2008. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
- "The history of Plymouth Railway Station in pictures". The Herald (Plymouth). 20 January 2015. Archived from the original on 13 February 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
- Lawrence, David (2018). British Rail Architecture 1948-97. Crecy Publishing Ltd. p. 62. ISBN 9780860936855.
- A plan for Plymouth : the report prepared for the City Council, by James Paton Watson, L. Dudley Stamp, Sir Patrick Abercrombie, Gilbert Wooding Robertson, Plymouth City Council, Published by Underhill, Plymouth, 1943, OCLC 2659559
- "A PLAN FOR PLYMOUTH". Plymouth.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 23 October 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
- "A plan for Plymouth : the report prepared for the City Council : J. Watson (James Paton) : 1943 2nd ed". Retrieved 23 October 2014.
- "Inter-City House". Emporis.com. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
- "Carbuncle Cup: Beckley Point, Plymouth by Boyes Rees Architects". bdonline.co.uk. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
- "Next phase of revamp of Plymouth train station begins". Plymouth Herald. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
- "Ten-year plan for redevelopment of Plymouth Rail Station is now underway, says council". Plymouth Herald. Archived from the original on 18 October 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
- https://heartofswlep.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Ref6-Plymouth-Railway-Station-Paper-A.pdf