Colour photograph showing a staircase ascending to an arcade at the Battersea Arts Centre. The photograph is taken from ground level and from a position adjacent to the staircase. The balustrade guarding the staircase and arcade is of brown marble; the semicircular arches of the arcade are blocked with keystones and divide by Ionic pilasters; above, the cornice frieze - an arresting composition in blue, gold and white - depicts seated amorini in panels, linked by the garlands which they hold. The entire space is lit by panelled skylights.