Inventory Site Record

Hide Tower Garden is modest architect-designed landscaping at the base of Hide Tower, a 1970s point block built for WCC. When it was built it was described as one of 'the sheerest, most uncompromising towers of London' (Nikolaus Pevsner), nearly 65m high and an early use of precast concrete. To the west of Hide Tower is an area of grass with trees, bounded by a concrete screen wall. To the south a row of Japanese cherry trees sprout out of a cement terrace. The rest of the site is mainly devoted to car parking.

Site location:

Hide Place, Regency Street, Westminster

Postcode:

SW1

What 3 Words:

admit.city.piles

Type of site:

Housing/Estate Landscaping

Borough:

Westminster

Open to public?

No

Opening times:

private

Special conditions:

Facilities:

Events:

Public transport:

Tube: Pimlico (Victoria)

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Research updated:

01/11/2007

Last minor changes:

14/07/2022

Please check with the site owner or manager for latest news.

Sources consulted:

Simon Bradley and Nikolaus Pevsner, 'The Buildings of England London 6: Westminster', (Yale University Press, 2003), p.715

Grid ref:

TQ298787 (529727,178720)

Size in hectares:

Site ownership:

Private

Site management:

Date(s):

1957-62

Designer(s):

Stillman & Eastwick-Field

Listed structures:

None

On National Heritage List for England (NHLE), Parks & Gardens:

No

Registered common or village green on Commons Registration Act 1965:

No

Protected under London Squares Preservation Act 1931:

No

Local Authority Data

The information below is taken from the relevant Local Authority's planning legislation, which was correct at the time of research but may have been amended in the interim. Please check with the Local Authority for latest planning information.

On Local List:

No

In Conservation Area:

No

Tree Preservation Order:

No

Nature Conservation Area:

No

Green Belt:

No

Metropolitan Open Land:

No

Special Policy Area:

No

Other LA designation:

None

Hide Tower Garden - Photo: Colin Wing
Date taken: 16/09/20 08:58

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