The wave-like facade of Florin Court
The main facade of Florin Court
The main facade of Florin Court
The main facade of Florin Court
The main facade of Florin Court seen beneath the entrance canopy
The main facade of Florin Court seen beneath the entrance canopy
The main facade of Florin Court
The wave-like front elevation of Florin Court
The wave-like front elevation of Florin Court
The main facade of Florin Court
Detail of the curved windows of Florin Court
The main facade of Florin Court
The main facade of Florin Court
The wave-like front elevation of Florin Court
The wave-like front elevation of Florin Court
Detail of the curved windows of Florin Court
Detail of the curved windows of Florin Court
The entrance to Florin Court on Charterhouse Square
The front elevation of Florin Court
Florin Court seen from Charterhouse Square
Florin Court seen from Charterhouse Square
Florin Court seen from Charterhouse Square
Florin Court seen from Charterhouse Square
Florin Court seen from Charterhouse Square
Standing on Charterhouse Square in Smithfield, London Florin Court is one of the capital's finest Art Deco buildings. Florin Court was designed by Guy Morgan and built in 1936. Using a steel frame and concrete construction there are ten storeys and a basement level, providing some 126 apartments. The yellow-brick facade is particularly impressive with an undulating, wave-like form with a wide, deep recess at the centre. The facade features ten window bays with Crittall-style metal casement windows. Florin Court is most famous as the fictional Whitehaven Mansions, home to Hercule Poirot in Britain's ITV's adaptations of the Agatha Christie's detective novels. Learn more about the buildings of Art Deco Britain.
