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11 Facts About Leslie Green

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Leslie Green is best known for his design of iconic stations constructed on the London Underground railway system in central London during the first decade of the 20th century, with distinctive oxblood red faience blocks including pillars and semi-circular first-floor windows, and patterned tiled interiors done in the Modern Style.

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Leslie Green spent periods studying at Dover College and South Kensington School of Art, and in Paris, between periods working as an assistant in his father's architectural practice.

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Leslie Green married Mildred Ethel Wildy in Clapham in April 1902.

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Leslie Green established his own practice as an architect in 1897, working initially from his father's offices, before moving to Haymarket in 1900 and then to Adelphi House on Adam Street, by the Strand, in 1903.

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Leslie Green became an associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1898, and a member in 1899.

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Leslie Green was commissioned to design 50 new stations, including their external appearance, and internal fittings and decoration.

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Leslie Green developed a unique Modern Style style for the ground level station buildings, adapted to suit the individual station location.

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The railways were to open in 1906 and 1907, and Leslie Green was notified in June 1907 that the contract would be terminated at the end of that year.

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Leslie Green was elected a Fellow of the RIBA in 1907, including details of his work for the UERL as part of his submission.

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Leslie Green's work was continued by his assistant, Stanley Heaps.

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Leslie Green contracted pulmonary tuberculosis and died on 31 August 1908 at a sanatorium in Mundesley-on-Sea, Norfolk.