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Florin Court is an Art Deco residential building on the eastern side of Charterhouse Square in Smithfield, London. The building has been used as Whitehaven mansions, the fictional London residence of Agatha Christie's fictional character Hercule Poirot. in the LWT television series "Agatha Christie's Poirot" (1989-2013). As well as exterior shots a number of interior shots of the building were utilised for this programme over the 24 years of production. == History == Built in 1936 by Guy Morgan and Partners who worked until 1927 for Edwin Lutyens, it features an impressive curved façade with projecting wings, a roof garden, setbacks on the ninth and tenth floors and a basement swimming pool.〔 It was probably the earliest of the residential apartment blocks in the wider Clerkenwell district, immediately north of the City of London. The walls were built in beige brick, specially made by Williamson Cliff Ltd (based in Stamford, Lincolnshire), and placed over a steel frame. Regalian Proprieties refurbished the building in the 1980s, to designs by Hildebrand & Clicker architects, providing today's interior layout and more facilities. The building became the fictional residence of ''Agatha Christie's Poirot'', known as ''Whitehaven Mansions''.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Investigating Agatha Christie's Poirot: Florin Court - Poirot's 'Whitehaven Mansions' )〕 In 2003, the building was declared listed in the initial category of the national scheme.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Florin Court - Islington - Greater London - England - British Listed Buildings )〕 The windows 'grouped into bands by exposed concrete surrounds' in the listing are of thin panes with thin muntins and brutalist mullions with all types of hangings permitted. They provide a stark reminder of the World War II era being of neither traditional nor economic design. On Saturday 20 July 2013 a flat on the first floor caught fire and the building had to be evacuated.〔(Art Deco Building - London Fire ), Rebecca Smithers, The Guardian. 22 July 2013.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Florin Court」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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