1 Kingsway

Office block in London, England 51.513404 -0.118323 titleAugust 2026 thumb|1921 illustration of Shell Corner 1 Kingsway formerly known as Shell Corner is an office block in Aldwych, London. Together with 61 Kingsway it forms the southern gateway of the Kingsway. History The Aldwych and Kingsway were together part of a large metropolitan redevelopment scheme by the London County Council. Aldwych forming a crescent in the south connects to Kingsway, a large avenue bounded by a number of large Edwardian office blocks.The London encyclopaedia 1995 Macmillan 978-0-333-57688-5 Weinreb Ben Rev. London 438 Hibbert Christopher Shell Corner and its parallel, nearly symmetrically designed 61 Kingsway would form the southern terminus of the new road. Both were designed before the First World War but construction would only begin on Shell Corner, the western block, following the war.Allinson, Kenneth. https://books.google.com/books?id=a0AX0-yvYVMC&pg=PA256 Architects and Architecture of London Architectural Press 2008 978-1-136-42964-4 Oxford 287 It would be completed in 1922 by Trehearne and Norman, behind a number of blocks on Kingsway, with Thomas Tait the main architect.London. 4: North / by Bridget Cherry and Nikolaus Pevsner 1999 351 Cherry Bridget Repr. with corr Harmondsworth Penguin Books 978-0-14-071049-6 Pevsner NikolausGray A. Stuart Edwardian Architecture: A Biographical Dictionary 1985 Wordsworth Editions 0-7156-2141-6 London 81 The building was refurbished in the 21st century, with the facade maintained.One Kingsway https://onekingsway.co.uk/building 2026-08-06 onekingsway.co.ukNo. 1 Kingsway - Building - London WC2B https://www.buildington.co.uk/buildings/1994/england/london-wc2b/1-kingsway/no-1-kingsway 2026-08-06 www.buildington.co.uk See also Aldwych Kingsway 61 Aldwych References Category:Buildings and structures in the City of Westminster Category:Office buildings in London Category:Office buildings completed in 1921 Category:1921 establishments in England Category:Aldwych