Cholmeley Lodge is an

Art Deco Art Deco, short for the French ''Arts Décoratifs'', and sometimes just called Deco, is a style of visual arts, architecture, and product design, that first appeared in France in the 1910s (just before World War I), and flourished in the Unite ...

/ Streamline Moderne grade II

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residential building in

Highgate Highgate ( ) is a suburban area of north London at the northeastern corner of Hampstead Heath, north-northwest of Charing Cross. Highgate is one of the most expensive London suburbs in which to live. It has two active conservation organisat ...

, London, designed by architect Guy Morgan. Built in 1934 and taking its name from Sir

Roger Cholmeley Sir Roger Cholmeley (c. 1485 – 21 June 1565) was Lord Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench from 1552 to 1553. From 1535 to 1545 he was Recorder of London and served in the House of Commons. He is possibly best remembered for his endow ...

, (pronounced 'Chumlee') who owned the land until 1565, it is a curving six-storey block of 48 flats, with an unusual three curved concave blocks spanning a 30-foot radius. It would later inspire the design of another, more famous apartment block built by Guy Morgan in

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Florin Court Florin Court is an Art Deco / Streamline Moderne residential building on the eastern side of Charterhouse Square in Smithfield, London. History Built in 1936 by Guy Morgan and Partners who worked until 1927 for Edwin Lutyens, and two years e ...

. Cholmeley Lodge was originally proposed and planned to be built on Bournemouth seafront, but the local council did not approve the modern design, requiring some Tudor-style timberwork to soften the elevation. Being thus refused, the project was moved to the

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and built facing Highgate Hill by replacing the demolished Mermaid Inn.

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Art Deco architecture in London Buildings and structures completed in 1934 Residential buildings in London Streamline Moderne architecture Streamline Moderne architecture in the United Kingdom 1934 establishments in England Grade II listed residential buildings Grade II listed houses in London Grade II listed buildings in the London Borough of Haringey Highgate {{London-struct-stub

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