Title

Empire Pool, Engineers Way, Wembley, Brent, London, 1934

Caption

Empire Pool, Engineers Way, Brent, Wembley, London, 1934. A view from the south-west showing the front elevation of the Empire Pool. Designed by Sir Owen Williams for Arthur Elvin, the Empire Pool was built in 1934 for the British Empire Games. The building originally housed a swimming pool, although this was last in use in 1948. Subsequently the building was used for entertainment including music acts and comedy performances. In 1978 it was renamed Wembley Arena.

Date

1934

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England Archive

Reference

HRM19F19_230

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

105,8Mb (9,0Mb) / 23,2in x 17,7in / 6972 x 5306 (300dpi)

Keywords

photograph exterior outdoors building London England sports architecture arts swimming country entertainment swimming pool art British English location century architectural Art Deco Britain thirties performing arts B&W venue MONOCHROME black & white black and white B W 1930s 20th century Brent Wembley English Heritage TGN outside photograph William Herbert Felton Owen Felton Herbert Empire Games Empire Pool Wembley Arena Arthur J Elvin Elvin Arthur J Arthur Elvin Sir Owen Williams Owen Williams