Welbeck Street Car Park, London

£40.00

Welbeck Street Car Park, London

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A Brutalist memory, finely detailed in concrete by Spaceplay.

Welbeck Street Car Park, London

Name: Welbeck Street Car Park, London
Brand: Spaceplay
SKU: MINI_002
Price: 40.00 GBP
Availability: InStock

£40.00

Solid Cast Concrete Model
Size: 4.5cm high x 5.5cm wide x 5cm deep
Scale: 1:500 (approx)

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Hold onto Welbeck Street's lost pattern with a hand-cast concrete model. Whether you parked there or simply loved it from the pavement, honour a car park that was pure art.

Made to order and shipped within 30 days

Designed and made in my UK studio

Comes gift-boxed for the perfect concrete gift

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Shipping

All Spaceplay models are made to order and are usually made and posted within 30 days.

All orders are sent using a tracked postal service, and you’ll receive tracking details once your model has been posted.

UK orders usually arrive within 3 working days after posting. International orders usually arrive within 8 working days after posting, although customs and local postal services can sometimes cause delays.

If you need your order for a specific date, please let me know before ordering and I’ll do my best to help.

UK customers can also select Express Shipping at checkout to have their model made and posted within 8 days.

Returns

You can return unused and undamaged items within 30 days of delivery for a refund, excluding return postage costs.

If your model arrives damaged, faulty, or incorrect, please email me within 14 days of delivery with your order number and photos of the issue. I’ll arrange a free replacement to be made and posted to you.

Building Information

Location: Marylebone, London, UK
Architect: Michael Blampied & Partners
Completed: 1971
Status: Demolished in 2019
Brief Overview:
Welbeck Street Car Park served as a utilitarian car park for the nearby Debenhams store but gained cult status for its striking diamond-shaped concrete façade panels. Long championed by preservationists and Brutalist enthusiasts, it was ultimately demolished to make way for a hotel—leaving behind photos, memories, and now, a small concrete keepsake.

Making my concrete model

Some buildings stand out by turning the ordinary into something extraordinary.
Welbeck Street Car Park was one of London’s most recognisable hidden landmarks—a multi-storey car park transformed by its geometric concrete diamond façade. Built in the 1970s for department store shoppers in Marylebone, its bold, repeating pattern became a massive icon of British Brutalism.

I knew I had to make this model before the building disappeared.
Before its demolition in 2019, I studied every angle I could, determined to preserve it through portraying it in miniature. Capturing those interlocking concrete diamonds at a scale that made sense was a test of patience and precision. It took trial, error, and a lot of care.

What remains is a small monument to a lost London favourite—solid, tactile, and here to stay.

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Welbeck Street Car Park, London

If you stopped to photograph its diamond façade before it came down, the Welbeck Street Car Park miniature concrete model keeps it standing. Michael Blampied & Partners' 1971 car park in Marylebone turned a utilitarian building into a cult object of London Brutalism, and people still mourn its demolition in 2019. This concrete model of Welbeck Street Car Park recreates the repeating diamond pattern at 5.5cm, a small piece of concrete art for a desk, shelf or studio table. It's made for architects, designers who love pattern and repetition, Londoners who miss it, and collectors of lost Brutalist architecture. As a Brutalist architecture gift, it comes with a story worth telling. Each miniature concrete building is hand-cast in solid concrete, with its own weight and marks.