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PHOTO BARONS COURT UNDERGROUND STATION THE GLIDDON ROAD MAIN 5-BAY FRONTAGE (DISTRICT AND PICCADILLY LINES) 19 AUGUST 2023. IN 1874 THE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT RAILWAY (MDR) WAS EXTENDED WESTWARDS FROM EARLS COURT TO HAMMERSMITH BUT NO STATION WAS PROVIDED IN THE AREA OF BARONS COURT (NOTE NO POSSESSIVE APOSTROPHE) AS IT CONSISTED OF FARMLAND AND MARKET GARDENS. THE AREA WAS NAMED AFTER THE ESTATE OF SIR WILLIAM PALLISER CALLED BARONSCOURT IN COUNTY TYRONE NORTHERN IRELAND WHO STARTED DEVELOPING THE AREA FLANKING THE MDR FOR HOUSING SUCH THAT BY THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY A NEED FOR A NEW UNDERGROUND STATION HERE WAS RECOGNISED. CONSEQUENTLY THE MDR OPENED BARONS COURT STATION IN OCTOBER 1905 DESIGNED BY THE MDRS CHIEF ARCHITECT HARRY WHARTON FORD IN EDWARDIAN BAROQUE STYLE WITH A VERY ATTRACTIVE FA�?§ADE OF BUFF FAIENCE. IN ADDITION TO THE MDR THE STATION WAS BUILT TO ACCOMMODATE THE GREAT NORTHERN PICCADILLY AND BROMPTON RAILWAY (BOTH PART OF CHARLES TYSON YERKESS UNDERGROUND ELECTRIC RAILWAYS OF LONDON GROUP) THEN UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND WHICH EMERGED FROM TUBE TUNNELS JUST EAST OF BARONS COURT TO USE ITS SURFACE PLATFORMS (REBUILT AND EXTENDED IN 1931) THE SERVICE STARTING IN DECEMBER 1906. FOR THOSE INTERESTED IN MOTOR RACING THE FAMOUS FORMULA 1 AND LE MANS DRIVER PRINCE BIRA OF SIAM WAS FOUND DEAD ON ONE OF THE PLATFORMS IN 1985. THE STATION IS A GRADE II LISTED BUILDING. PICTURED IS THE GLIDDON ROAD MAIN 5-BAY FRONTAGE. THE IRON ENTRANCE CANOPY WITH CARTOUCHE DATES FROM 1916. THE ART NOUVEAU STAINED GLASS OF THE SHOPS IS ORIGINAL. COPYRIGHT (Photograph and text in Extra Info) H LLEWELYNPHOTO PAPER THICKNESS NORMAL PHOTOGRAPH THICKNESS
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PHOTO SIZE SIZE 6 X 4 inches
CONDITION: SOME CROPPING OR WHITE LINES TOP/BOTTOM MAY OCCUR DUE TO PHOTO RATIO
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