The Building
In the years following the establishment of the Normal School of Science in 1881, space became pressing as the college expanded, so work began in 1900 on new premises. In 1906 the RCS moved into an imposing new building designed by Sir Aston Webb, which was built in a Classical style and had distinctive brick courses. It ran the length of the road today called Imperial College Road and formerly faced the Imperial Institute. The RCS building featured state of the art chemistry and physics laboratories in the east and west wings respectively, with the library of the Science Museum (later featured in the film of The Ipcress File) located in the central section between them.
The building has mostly now been demolished, the western wing in 1961 to make way for a new biochemistry building, and the central section in the mid 1970s; but part of the eastern wing still survives as the Grade II listed Chemistry (RCS) building.
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