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Michelin recognises Fitzrovia eateries in 2014 guide, but the food fight...
By Angela Lovely The prestigious Michelin guide to restaurants and hotels has continued to recognise Fitzrovia restaurants and has also awarded new eateries. In its 2014 edition published this month...
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Important historic building on Goodge Street demolished
By News Reporters All that is left of one of the oldest buildings on Goodge Street is a couple of courses of brickwork held up by scaffolding and steel girders. 1-3 Goodge Street was built in 1780 as...
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Sanderson owners plan refurbishment of fabulous showrooms
By News Reporters One of Fizrovia’s most well-known and visually interesting buildings is to undergo a refurbishment. The owners of the Sanderson hotel on Berners Street have applied to Westminster...
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Colville Place paving should be repaired with care to maintain its character
By News Reporters Camden Council’s plans to carry out “improvement works” to an 18th-century pedestrian way have been met with alarm by some people living along the little street. Colville Place is a...
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Help us preserve the name Middlesex Hospital Chapel
By News Reporters The Middlesex Hospital Chapel at the heart of the building development known as Fitzroy Place is currently being restored as part of an agreement with Westminster City Council. It is...
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Richard Seifert design among buildings facing demolition on Berners Street
By News Reporters A modernist building designed by Richard Seifert & Partners and a neo-Georgian building by Robert Angell & Curtis could be demolished in a redevelopment on Berners Street....
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C20 Society propose heritage listing for Seifert’s Copyright House
By News Reporters The Twentieth Century Society has made an application to English Heritage to list a building on Berners Street saying it is among the best of architect Richard Seifert’s early works....
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Conservationists ‘appalled’ over plans to demolish historic medical building...
Conservationists and local residents have lined up against plans to demolish an historic medical building in Huntley Street which was opened in 1927 by Neville Chamberlain. Camden’s planning officers...
View ArticleArtist’s home and studio in Charlotte Street is given protected status
A building containing the former family home of artist and designer couple Adrian and Corinne Heath and the studio of modernist artist Birgit Skiöld has been listed as a heritage asset because of its...
View ArticleCamden Council quashes planning consent after claim to high court
Camden Council has agreed to quash the planning permission it gave for the redevelopment of a site in Fitzrovia after the decision was challenged in the high court. Camden’s planning committee gave...
View ArticleOldest building on Goodge Street under threat from proposed redevelopment
By Angela Lovely Plans to redevelop the corner of Goodge Street and Tottenham Court Road will destroy a Georgian building if planning permission is allowed. Number 1-3 Goodge Street was built in 1763...
View ArticleMayor of London will be challenged over Saatchi block intervention
By Linus Rees The Mayor of London Boris Johnson announced in June that he will determine a planning application to redevelop the Saatchi & Saatchi building in Fitzrovia and could overturn the...
View ArticleIconic street is an important part of Fitzrovia’s character
By News Reporters An "iconic" Fitzrovia street under threat of over-development has been saved after Camden Council refused planning permission for a roof extension. In a decision made last week, the...
View ArticleFitzrovia’s heritage and special quality are under threat
By Planning Correspondent There are currently development proposals which apart from other negative features involve the demolition of two Georgian buildings retaining only the facades: 74 Charlotte...
View ArticleArchitectural historian Dan Cruickshank criticises plans to demolish Goodge...
By News Reporters Dan Cruickshank the architectural historian and BBC television presenter has given his support to save a building on Goodge Street from demolition. Cruickshank has written responding...
View ArticleDan Cruickshank gives his support to save building from demolition
By News Reporters Dan Cruickshank visited Fitzrovia today to support campaigners in their efforts to save Goodge Street's oldest building from the wreckers ball. The architectural historian had written...
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Bloomsbury conservation group revamps its website and warns of threat to the...
The Bloomsbury Conservation Areas Advisory Committee (BCAAC) wants more people to visit its improved website to learn about the internationally renowned district but warns that heritage assets are...
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