Abandoned Tube station up for sale
Site was used as command centre during WWII
A disused Tube station in London has been put on sale. Brompton Road station, close to luxury department store Harrods, is being sold by Britain’s defence ministry, which used the site as an antiLuftwaffe command centre during the Second World War, in September.
The site of around 28,000 square feet includes a station building, designed by architect Leslie Green, with distinctive semi- circular windows and oxblood red tiles. It also has a drill hall, garages, offices and mess and below- ground areas previously used as part of the former Brompton Road underground station.
The site is located next to the Grade II* listed Brompton Oratory in Brompton Square. “This well- located, prime central London site provides an excellent redevelopment opportunity and we are expecting a high level of interest from a variety of purchasers when we bring this to the market in September,” according to Simon Hodson, residential land director at property agents Jones Lang LaSalle, which is handling the sale.
Brompton Road station on the Piccadilly line of the London Underground, located between Knightsbridge and South Kensington, was used for less than 30 years. The station opened on 15 December 1906, but its proximity to Knightsbridge and South Kensington stations meant that it did not have enough commuters using it and was closed on 30 July 1934.
Dark foot tunnels, signs deep underground in Brompton Road station still warn of wartime hazards long after their removal.