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Eric Parry's tour of Westminster


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This is the first audio tour of a two-part series led by architect and Royal Academician Eric Parry visiting London’s two historic cities: Westminster and the City of London


Eric Parry Architects (EPA) is responsible for the designing of some of the most significant projects in London today with many of its most important architectural works clustered in the City of London and Westminster. Open City has worked with EPA to create a two-part series of print and audio tours celebrating this contribution.


This tour focusses on Westminster where the company is renowned for a number of cultural projects involving sensitive historic buildings such as the restoration of St. John's Church in Waterloo, and the Church of St Martin-in-the-Fields in Trafalgar Square. 


From buildings adorned with public art by Turner Prize winning artists, to sculptural faience facades, warped windows, and specialist ecclesiastical furniture, to once-in-a-century reorganisations of historic churches and renovations of elegant corner buildings. How have Eric Parry’s projects transformed the City of Westminster?


This tour tells its story...


THE ROUTE:


Listening Point 1 - 50 New Bond Street & 14 St George Street

Architect: Eric Parry Architects


Listening Point 2 - Maddox Street

Architect: Eric Parry Architects


Listening Point 3 - 23 Savile Row

Architect: Eric Parry Architects


Listening Point 4 - The Albany

Architect: Sir William Chambers


Listening Point 5 - One Eagle Place

Architect: Eric Parry Architects


Listening Point 6 - 8 St James's Square

Architect: Eric Parry Architects


Listening Point 7 - Pall Mall


Listening Point 8 - St Martin in the Fields

Architect: James Gibbs


Listening Point 9 - St Johns Church Waterloo

Architect: Francis Bedford (original building), Eric Parry Architects (2022 restoration)

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