Battersea Power Station is a decommissioned coal-fired power station located on the south bank of the River Thames in Nine Elms, Battersea in the London Borough of Wandsworth. It was built by the London Power Company (LPC) to the design of Leonard Pearce, Engineer in Chief to the LPC, and CS Allott & Son Engineers. The architects were J. Theo Halliday and Giles Gilbert Scott. The station is one of the world's largest brick buildings and notable for its original, Art Deco interior fittings and decor.
The building comprises two power stations, built in two stages, in a single building. Battersea A Power Station was built between 1929 and 1935 and Battersea B Power Station, to its east, between 1937 and 1941, when construction was paused owing to the worsening effects of the Second World War. The building was completed in 1955. "Battersea B" was built to a design nearly identical to that of "Battersea A", creating the iconic four-chimney structure.
"Battersea A" was decommissioned in 1975. In 1980 the whole structure was given Grade II listed status; "Battersea B" shut three years later. In 2007 its listed status was upgraded to Grade II*. The building remained empty until 2014, during which time it fell into near ruin.
At its peak, Battersea Power Station was supplying a fifth of London's electricity. After decades of sitting derelict, it is now open to the public.
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Embassy of the United States of America
Close to Battersea Power Station at Nine Elms is the US Embassy which was relocated from Grosvenor Square in 2017.
Nine Elms Lane
Nine Elms Quayside
Circus Road South
Outside Battersea Power Station
A Walk Through the Decommissioned Power Station
Shopping Mall
Control Room A
Control Room A managed the operations of Power station A opened in 1935.
Note the art deco interior details.
London Power Company Directors Entrance
Note the art deco styling of the doors.
Overhead Gantry Cranes
North Entrance
Control Room B
Lift 109
This takes you 109 metres above ground using an observation platform that transports you up one of the old chimneys.
Circus Road North, Battersea
