Data from a Building Survey at Euston Towers - Grant Thornton House and One Euston Square, Camden, 2018-2020 (HS2 Phase One)
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Introduction
The archive collection comprises a digital archive only. This includes text, including the Project Plan, Location Specific Written Scheme of Investigation (LSWSI) and Historic Building Recording; and raster images, comprising photographs selected to support the historic building recording.
Project Summary
Grant Thornton House and 1 Euston Square were modernist style buildings constructed as office space, as part of the development of the Euston Station forecourt between 1974-78.
Recording has been undertaken in accordance with a project plan (Document number: 1EW02-CSJ-EV-PLN-S003-000063) and LSWSI (Document Number: 1EW02-CSJ-EV-PRO-S003-000016) and HS2 Technical Standards (Specification for Historic Environment Investigations, Document number HS2-HS2-EV-STD-000-000035) have been adhered to during the recording exercise. In addition, the recording was undertaken in accordance with Historic England’s Understanding Historic Buildings guidance (Historic England, 2016) and the Standard and guidance for the archaeological investigation and recording of standing buildings or structures (CIfA, 2019). A building recording of Level 1 survey was required for the asset, as defined in Understanding Historic Buildings: A guide to good recording practice (HE, 2016). This provided a sufficient level of recording to record the building’s location, age and type.
Re-Use Value Statement
This archive provides a comprehensive descriptive, analytical and visual record of the Euston Towers and its setting as of 2019. The archive can provide information for any future research regarding the asset, the architecture of Richard Seifert or the link between the development of the railways and broader changes in the historical landscape, which would benefit from an accurate record of the asset, which is otherwise inaccessible to the public due to its demolition.
