Intercity House

Intercity House is a 10 storey office building at Plymouth railway station,[1] the main rail station in Plymouth, Devon.

Intercity House
InterCity House in 2008
General information
StatusCompleted
TypeOffice
LocationNorth Road West, Plymouth, Devon, PL4 6AB
Completed1962
OwnerNetwork Rail
Height
Roof47.20 m (154.9 ft)
Technical details
Floor count10

Description

Intercity House has 10 stories and is 47.2 m high and is one of the tallest buildings in Plymouth (2018).[2][3]

History

Work to rebuild the railway station was started by the Great Western Railway in the 1930s but was delayed due to World War II.[4] Work was restarted by British Railways in 1956 to the designs of architects Howard Cavanagh and Ian Campbell[5] as part of the post war reconstruction detailed in A Plan for Plymouth put forward by Sir Patrick Abercrombie at the request of Plymouth City Councillors.[6][7][8]

The modernised station, including the tower block of offices, was opened in 1962 by Dr Beeching,[9]

The building was scheduled for a major update in 2014[10] as part of a ten-year plan to improve the facilities at the station[11]

Proposed demolition

The Heart of South West Local Transport Board published proposals to redevelop Plymouth railway station in 2017. The aim was to provide an improved 'gateway to yhe city' and would have included the creation of a public square in front of the station. This would have included the demolition of Intercity House.[12]

References
  1. Moseley, Brian (7 May 2007). "Plymouth Station (formerly Plymouth North Road Station)". The Encyclopaedia of Plymouth History. Plymouthdata.info. Archived from the original on 16 May 2008. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  2. "Inter-City House". Emporis.com. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
  3. "Carbuncle Cup: Beckley Point, Plymouth by Boyes Rees Architects". bdonline.co.uk. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  4. Oakley, Mike (2007). Devon Railway Stations. Wimbourne: The Dovecote Press. pp. 160–162. ISBN 978-1-904-34955-6.
  5. Lawrence, David (2018). British Rail Architecture 1948-97. Crecy Publishing Ltd. p. 62. ISBN 9780860936855.
  6. A plan for Plymouth : the report prepared for the City Council, by James Paton Watson, L. Dudley Stamp, Sir Patrick Abercrombie, Gilbert Wooding Robertson, Plymouth City Council, Published by Underhill, Plymouth, 1943, OCLC 2659559
  7. "A PLAN FOR PLYMOUTH". Plymouth.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 23 October 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
  8. "A plan for Plymouth : the report prepared for the City Council : J. Watson (James Paton) : 1943 2nd ed". Retrieved 23 October 2014.
  9. "The history of Plymouth Railway Station in pictures". The Herald (Plymouth). 20 January 2015. Archived from the original on 13 February 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  10. "Next phase of revamp of Plymouth train station begins". Plymouth Herald. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
  11. "Ten-year plan for redevelopment of Plymouth Rail Station is now underway, says council". Plymouth Herald. Archived from the original on 18 October 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
  12. Major Sceme Business Case: Plymouth Railway Station (PDF) (Report). Heart of South West Local Transport Board. pp. 2–3.


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