{"id":45525,"date":"2026-02-13T16:06:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T16:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=45525"},"modified":"2026-02-13T15:02:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T15:02:20","slug":"southbank-now-listed-the-queen-elizabeth-hall-purcell-room-and-hayward-gallery-and-associated-terraced-walkways-and-stairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=45525","title":{"rendered":"Southbank now listed: The Queen Elizabeth Hall, Purcell Room and Hayward Gallery and associated terraced walkways and stairs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Image for illustration: Queen Elizabeth Hall and Purcell Room \u00a9 Acabashi; Creative Commons CC-BY-SA 4.0; <\/a>Source: Wikimedia Commons<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 1960s Southbank Centre \u2013 including the Hayward Gallery, Purcell Room, Queen Elizabeth Hall etc<\/em>, have been listed Grade II.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Historic England writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026 Arts complex built between 1963 and 1968 to designs by the Special Works Group of the London County Council\/Greater London Council Architect’s Department (chief architect (Sir) Hubert Bennett). It comprises the Queen Elizabeth Hall and Purcell Room for the performance of music and the Hayward Gallery, which was jointly designed with and funded by the Arts Council\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heritage Category:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Listed Building<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grade:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

II<\/p>\n\n\n\n

List Entry Number:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1492622<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date first listed:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

04-Feb-2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

List Entry Name:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Queen Elizabeth Hall, Purcell Room and Hayward Gallery and associated terraced walkways and stairs<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Statutory Address:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Queen Elizabeth Hall, Purcell Room, and Hayward Gallery, Belvedere Road, London, SE1 8XX<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Twentieth Century Society writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019re thrilled to announce that the 1960s Southbank Centre, which includes the Hayward Gallery, Purcell Room, Queen Elizabeth Hall and skatepark under-croft, has finally been Grade II listed\u2026 by DCMS \u2013 the government Department for Culture Media and Sport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The visionary combination of performance spaces and art gallery is a post-war architectural masterpiece, yet is perhaps the most totemic \u2013 and controversial \u2013 example of British Brutalism. Twentieth Century Society and Historic England (formerly English Heritage) have recommended listing the Southbank Centre on 6 separate occasions since 1991, yet this advice had been consistently rejected by the Secretary of State of the day, until now. The decision brings to an end an unprecedented 35 year-long impasse, one of the longest running battles in British architectural heritage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Go to the official list entry<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read more from Twentieth Century Society<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read full story here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Image for illustration: Queen Elizabeth Hall and Purcell Room \u00a9 Acabashi; Creative Commons CC-BY-SA 4.0; Source: Wikimedia Commons The 1960s Southbank Centre \u2013 including the Hayward Gallery, Purcell Room, Queen Elizabeth Hall etc, have been listed Grade II.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[9,29,683,668,193],"class_list":["post-45525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog","tag-government","tag-heritage","tag-historic-england","tag-listed-buildings","tag-london"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=45525"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45525\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45553,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45525\/revisions\/45553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}