Catalogue description Property Services Agency: National Gallery; Hampton Site extension competition entries

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Reference: CM 66
Title: Property Services Agency: National Gallery; Hampton Site extension competition entries
Description:

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.

Date: 1982
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Property Services Agency, 1972-1990
Physical description: files and photographs
Access conditions: Records not yet transferred
Immediate source of acquisition:

Department for Communities and Local Government
Custodial history: 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-.
Selection and destruction information: 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.
Accruals: No further accruals expected.
Administrative / biographical background:

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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