Key Words :- exhibition hall

Address :- approached off Olympia Way, London, Greater London, W14
Grid Ref :- TQ 24291 79046
Co-ordinates :- Lat 51.4967 , Long -0.210901
Local Authority :- Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council
Pre 1974 County :- Greater London Council
Site Status :- Listed - Grade II*
Historic England List No - 1096048,

Description and History of Site:-
Opened 1886, as National Agricultural Hall, architect H. E. Coe and J. Edmeston, structural engineers: A. T. Walmisley and M. Ende.

Ironwork fabricated and erected by Handyside of Derby. Then as now spectacular exhibition space covering 2.5 acres. 170 ft. main span wrought-iron and glass roof with lattice arch ribs and bracing frame.

Variety of uses: Ideal Home Exhibition, International Horse Shows, etc. At turn of century used by Barnum and Bailey's Circus, later by Bertram Mills Circus.

Exhibition space extended by opening, 1923, of National Hall, faced in soft red brick with freestone dressing.

1929 Joseph Emberton's ugly concrete-framed Empire Hall opened on Hammersmith Rd frontage. At rear of site is car park block with facade of 'moderne' yellow brickwork alternating with metal-framed windows.

Further Reading and References:-
Walmisley, A T. 'Iron Roofs'. E. & F. N. Spon, 1888
Ashdown, John; Bussell, Michael; Carter, Paul. 'A Survey of Industrial Monuments of Greater London'. Thames Basin Archaeological Observers' Group, 1969
Stratton, Michael and Trinder, Barrie. 'Twentieth Century Industrial Archaeology'. Spon, 2000
Smith, Denis. 'Civil Engineering Heritage - London and the Thames Valley'. Institution of Civil Engineers, 2001

https://www.olympia.london/

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