Ed Vaizey, England’s Culture minister, spoke to the London Evening Standard on the recent news that Victoria Coach Station has been granted Grade II listed status.
Ed Vaizey commented in The London Evening Standard: ‘Victoria Coach Station, with its soaring Art Deco frontage, harks back to another — more stylish, perhaps — era in public transport,’ he said… ‘It certainly merits listed building status, and I hope it continues serving Londoners and visitors to the capital for many years to come.’
English Heritage’s list description says that the work is: ‘A bold and striking composition, remarkable among contemporary road-transport buildings, whose corner tower ranks among London’s most distinctive Art Deco landmarks, and one of the most notable surviving works by Wallis, Gilbert & Partners, pre-eminent specialists in inter-war industrial architecture; ??Historic interest: the inter-war growth of recreational coach travel was a significant chapter in British social and transport history. Of all the purpose-built coach stations, extant or otherwise, Victoria illustrates how, within little more than a decade, the industry had evolved into a sophisticated national network.’
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