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“Electrifying cocktails in a historic setting”

Upper ground turbine hall b, 270 the power station, circus road south sw11 8bz.

[email protected] 020 7590 3606 www.controlroomb.com

What is Control Room B?

Prepare to be transported back to the 1950s, where the Engineers of Control Room B work hard to distribute power around the capital every day and night insdie Battersea Power Station. Guests can soak up the history with champagne, coffees and snacks by day, and a signature menu of live-wire cocktails by night. Opening out onto Turbine Hall B and surrounded by its original control desks and switch dials, the Control Room is guaranteed to spark excitement with its truly one-of-a-kind backdrop, transforming into an intimate late-night bar in the evenings.

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Audio Guided Tour with Champagne for Two at Control Room B, Battersea Power Station

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Go behind the scenes of an iconic London landmark at Control Room B at Battersea Power Station. 

What was once a fully-operating hub providing electricity to a fifth of London during the 1950s has now been transformed into an all-day bar offering a unique experience surrounded by history. Embark on a 30-minute audio guided tour to get up close to the original control desks, switchgears and synchroscopes that helped distribute power around the capital.

Soak in the history, accompanied by a glass of Moët & Chandon Impérial Blanc NV Champagne to top it all off. When the tour is over, why not take a seat in the stylish bar and treat yourself to some drinks and light bites? Get ready to step back in time.

What's Included

• Champagne Audio Guided Tour for Two at Control Room B
• A 30-minute self-guided audio tour of Control Room B at Battersea Power Station
• A welcome glass of champagne each to sip on
• Experience gift pack including personalised voucher and message card

What happens on the day?

On arrival, the two of you will be warmly welcomed, ready for your 30-minute group tour to commence. Soak up the history of Battersea Power Station’s Control Room B, getting a first-hand glimpse of the equipment that distributed power around London day and night in the 1950s. Your tour will be accompanied by a glass of Moet & Chandon Impérial Blanc NV Champagne each.

Participant guidelines

• Minimum age: 21
• Wheelchair accessible
• No spectators 
• Soft drink alternatives are available
• The experience content, equipment used and restrictions may vary

Availability

Your voucher is valid for 12 months from the date of purchase.  Please book and take your experience before the expiry date.

This experience is available on Sunday to Friday,  Exclusions including Saturdays may apply.

We recommend you book at least 4 weeks in advance to ensure that dates are available. All bookings are subject to availability.

Please allow 30 mins for the full experience.

What about insurance?

The partners contracted with us hold public liability insurance. We also hold contingency liability cover. You will not be liable for accidental damage to equipment, except where damage has been caused as a result of recklessness or wilful negligence.

Please ensure you are familiar with the terms and conditions of the experience.

How it works

All you have to do is pay for the experience you wish to purchase and we’ll send a voucher and booking information to you or directly to the recipient, then you just need to check the info and book your experience.

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Control Room B

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Unique and quirky, Control Room B is the newest addition to Battersea Power Station and is bringing an exciting, immersive experience to the local dining scene. It is opening as one of the new projects in the £9 billion Battersea Power Station redevelopment which joins eight other restaurants and a new Arcade Food Hall from hospitality giants JKS.

Although, Control Room B does not have to try very hard to stand out. It is inspired by the spots original purpose as a control room in the power station which, alongside the aptly named control room A, coordinated an output of electricity that served across London in the 1950s. The bar has been designed to replicate the original control room with control desks, switch dials and a central bar said to be inspired by turbines. 

The immersive concept comes from The Inception Group (the same team behind the likes of Mr Fogg's and Bunda Bunda) and is a real nod to the original usage. It mimicks the old control room with its brutalist, steel and ceramic style as well as with its staff who serve dressed in white boiler suits that place them in character as engineers.

Opening at 10am daily, the bar welcomes the public as well as the development's residents to experience the control room and feast on pastries alongside teas and coffees. Heading into the evening, the menu switches to include cocktails that are inspired by the control room theme. Ten premium cocktails are mixed by the engineers and served up in miniature Battersea Power Station vessels as well as stainless steel martini glasses. 

Guests will be able to drink cocktails late into the night as well as snacking on a menu of light bites that are perfect for sharing in a group. Whatever time of the day and whatever occasion, Control Room B provides a unique and innovative background for entertaining and soaking up the historic surroundings. 

When does it open?

It opens on 14 October 2022

Is it available for private hire?

Yes, it can host up to 180 guests

How late is it open?

On Friday and Saturday it is open until 2am

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Audio-Guided Champagne Tour

Self-guided audio tour + welcome cocktail + glass of champagne

With a glass of Moët & Chandon Impérial Blanc NV champagne in hand, grab your provided headset and uncover the powerful secrets of one of London’s most iconic landmarks with our brand new self-guided audio champagne tour*.

Delve into a fascinating journey through time and discover the iconic history of Battersea Power Station’s Control Room B. This truly one-of-a-kind backstage Audio-Guided Champagne Tour is guaranteed to spark excitement, as you experience a close-up view of the original control desks, switchgear and synchroscopes that were used to help distribute power around London day and night in the 1950s.

*Please note the audio is currently only available in English.

Every Sunday to Friday - see website for exact timings and availability.

Lasts approximately 30 minutes in total.

£ 23.00

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Control Room B Bar, Battersea Power Station

Control Room B Bar, Battersea Power Station has been carefully curated by Ellis Design Studio as an atmospheric, conceptual space which fuses utilitarian beauty with the joy and optimism of post war, mid-century British design.

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Multi-award-winning Interior Designers, Ellis Design Studio have designed a spectacular new cocktail bar within Control Room B of at the very heart of the newly redeveloped Battersea Power Station. Battersea Power Station is a Grade II* listed, global architectural icon and one of London’s most recognisable landmarks.

Control Room B originally helped supply power to some of London’s most recognisable landmarks such as the Houses of Parliament and Buckingham Palace. The spectacular new bar venue comprises 4,500sqft and is set amongst the panels of historic dials and switches of the original Control Room.

Control Room B was completed in 1955 as a counterpart to the original Control Room A, built in the 1930’s. The Control Room was built in the austere Modernist style of the post-war period and the space is defined by the dramatic arc of the original stainless steel control desk, set against a backdrop of full height switchgear racks. The walls and octagonal columns feature original faience tiles in a delicate pale blue, contrasting against the beautifully brutalist machine aesthetic of the control panels.

The original Control Room fittings and switchgear are defining features of the space and have been fully restored as part of the regeneration of the Power Station. The iconic dials & switches have previously formed the backdrop to famous movie scenes and album covers, from the Beatles film Help to rock band Hawkweed’s album Quark.

The space has been arranged in a circular configuration, inspired by both the arched form of the existing historic stainless steel control desks and by the radial forms of the original Power Station turbine blades.

The design for the bar involved the creation of a spectacular turbine-inspired, metallic sculptural centrepiece, paying tribute to the character and form of Battersea Power Station’s electric, industrial history. An illuminated radial metal canopy adorned with delicately perforated metal fins encircles an existing central column, lending a sense of energy, movement and permeability.

The design of the bar, with its radial canopy, seeks to capture the forms and momentum of the original power station turbines. The semi-circular sweep of arced feature lights to the outer edge of the bar is designed to suggest the capturing of a moment in time between rotational movements, thereby creating a sense of tension, anticipation and dynamism. Amber hued, domed textured lights to the bar front are suggestive of the viewing portholes into the original coal furnaces, which powered the turbines.

The materiality of the design scheme paid homage to the machine-age aesthetic, using aged brass, blackened & lacquered steels and various patinated & pleated metals, set against warm-hued, custom laser-printed timbers.

Furniture and upholstery selections were informed by mid-century patterns & pastel hued palettes, providing a softer juxtaposition to the coolness of the original metals and tiles within the space.

Design : Ellis Design Studio Contractor : Nebula Project Photography : Johnny Stephens Photography

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BPS Unveils Fully Restored Control Room B

Today Battersea Power Station has unveiled the newly restored Control Room B, with a sneak peek of London’s most unique all-day bar experience opening in 2022.

Once open to the public late next summer, Control Room B will be an all-day hospitality concept, transforming into an intimate bar in the evening – it will have a modern and contemporary feel with a respectful nod to its 1950s industrial character. The restored control panels will be on display creating a unique backdrop, photo opportunity and conversation starter.

At its peak, Battersea Power Station produced a fifth of London’s power, supplying electricity to some of London’s most recognisable landmarks, such as the Houses of Parliament and Buckingham Palace. Working in tandem with Control Room A, Control Room B managed the distribution of power generated by the Power Station’s turbines. Functionally Control Room B can be divided into two sets of controls. The control desk and freestanding controls synchronised the 66kV output of the station to match the standards of the grid, while the switchgear racks at the rear of the room controlled the power supplies to a range of auxiliary equipment across the power station.

Control Room B opens directly onto Turbine Hall B, in contrast to the 1930s Control Room A which was a separate room – this maybe evidence of developments in the management methods at that time. As it was built after the Second World War, it is more brutalist in design. It has faience tiling throughout and retains its original human scale stainless-steel control panels arranged in an arc. The original control room fittings, desks and switchgear complex are defining features of the space and have been fully restored as part of the wider regeneration of Battersea Power Station.

Simon Murphy, CEO of Battersea Power Station Development Company (BPSDC), said:

“We are creating one of the most unique all-day bar experiences in London which will naturally become a centrepiece for Turbine Hall B. For the very first time in history, guests will be able to see the historic Control Room B in all its glory, sit back with a coffee or cocktail and soak up the breath-taking views of this heritage landmark that has finally been restored after years of lying derelict. When it opens late next Summer, it will not only be a great venue for socialising with friends and family or an impressive date night setting, it will also make the perfect backdrop for ‘that’ photo opportunity.”

Once completed, Battersea Power Station will be one of the most exciting retail and leisure destinations in London, having recently announced that major international brands such as Ray-Ban, Ralph Lauren, Tommy Hilfiger, The Kooples, Aēsop and Calvin Klein will be opening inside the iconic building. The Power Station will be home to over 100 shops, bars and restaurants, 254 apartments, office space as well as unique events and leisure offering, including the Chimney Lift Experience. There will also be a new six-acre riverfront park that is open to the public.

The retail and leisure retail experience within the Power Station will be housed in the two newly restored, historic Turbine Halls, which although identical when viewed from the building’s exterior, are completely unique in their interior design. Turbine Hall A reflects the lavish Art Deco glamour of the 1930s when the Power Station was built and Turbine Hall B, where Control Room B is located, was completed in the 1950s and has more of a brutalist, industrial look and feel.

The retail and leisure experience will continue on a new high street, Electric Boulevard, which runs from the south of the Power Station, between the stunning Frank Gehry designed Prospect Place and Foster + Partners’ Battersea Roof Gardens. Electric Boulevard will offer a mix of office space, shops, bars and restaurants, a park, community centre and an exciting new 164 room hotel from art’otel ® , the brand’s first hotel to open in London.

Residents currently living at Battersea Power Station can enjoy a great mix of cafés, bars, and restaurants where they can sample cuisines from all over the world. This includes modern Indian at Vivek Singh’s Cinnamon Kitchen, authentic Italian at Francesco Mazzei’s Fiume, bottomless pizza at celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay’s Street Pizza and delicious Japanese patisseries and bubble tea at the recently opened Kova, the first of the Power Station’s retailers to open. A variety of entertainment and fitness venues can also be found beneath the railway arches on Arches Lane, including Battersea Brewery, which has its own microbrewery on site, spin studio Boom Cycle, DNA VR, London’s biggest virtual reality arcade, Birdies Crazy Golf, The Cinema in the Arches and The Turbine Theatre.

Battersea Power Station also hosts a variety of cultural events throughout the year with highlights including  the Light Festival, Summer Showtime on The Coaling Jetty, London’s first open-air cinema and theatre experience and festive fun at The Winter Village which will be launching on 2 nd December this year.

With the Northern Line extended to give this new riverside neighbourhood its very own Zone 1 London Underground station, Battersea Power Station is now within 15 minutes of the West End and the City and is expected to draw visitors from across the capital and the globe, becoming one of London’s most visited destinations, boosting the local economy and creating over 20,000 jobs.

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Featuring a one-of-a-kind analogue console custom-built for Olympic Studios in London, England, Control Room B offers an intimate working environment ideal for smaller production teams. 

Fully integrated into the rest of the facility, Control Room B is equally suited for large tracking or mixing sessions. Control Room B is located next to an intimate isolation booth and can also be connected to any of Studio Bell’s unique live rooms to achieve your desired sound.

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Conceived by Olympic Studios chief engineer Keith Grant, this classic British recording console was built in 1977 to replace the iconic Studio A Console. Olympic’s renowned custom recording equipment and sound engineers attracted the likes of the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, The Who, The Kinks, and David Bowie. In fact, much of the timeless music from the 1960s and 1970s was recorded at Olympic—some on this very console. Its specs include:

• 24 discrete custom Olympic mic/line inputs with 3-band EQ, filters and inserts
• 16 custom-made Raindirk mic/line inputs with 4-band parametric EQ, filters and inserts
• 24 tape returns
• 44 inputs to mix buss
• 24 mono multitrack busses with pan
• 3 mono cue send
• 4 mono effect sends with 3-band EQ
• 2 24-track return cue mixes
• 48 mic lines
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• 16-channel Aviom cue system
• Custom visual communication CCTV system
• 32 analog I/O to DAW, 24 analog I/O to tape, 4 stereo analog 2-track I/O
• 28 channels of AES and 3 Word Clock sends with 1 Word Clock Return to Machine Room
• 5 level tie lines
• Compressors: 8X F60oA+D limiters (built into console), Smart Research C2 Compressor, 2X Empirical Labs EL8 Distressor Compressor, Purple Audio MC77, Trident MTG stereo compressor/limiter
• Equalizers: RCA Passive Filter, 2X Trident CB9066 Parametric
• Effects: Digitech RDS500, Yamaha R1000, MXR Pitch Transposer, Lexicon PCM 60, Lexicon PCM 70, tie lines and remote to EMT 140 solid state plate
• Main/soffit monitors: State-of-the-art CF-750’s powered by Revolution Custom Shop modified Bespoke Amplifiers
• Alternative monitor choices: Genelec 1038B, Yamaha Ns-10’s, Yamaha HS8, Dynaudio BM Compact MkII, and Alesis Monitor One

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