View of the Strand
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View of the Strand
View of the Strand
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SC_PHL_01_532_A1609 (Collage 140409)
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The London Archives: LCC Photograph Library
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View of 62-64 Strand (south side), City of Westminster. Part of a three- and four-storey terrace of houses built c1737 on a site once part of Durham Place, the most easterly of the mansions along the south side of the Strand and home to the Bishops of Durham since 1220. On the corner with Durham Street, the ground-floor shop at number 64 is vacant with a shop sign for 'Turnbull and Reakes, Tailors'. Another sign announces that they were 'Removing to 37 Southampton Street, facing the Hotel Cecil from March 23rd 1923'. In 1895 it had been occupied by Crabb and Perry, Tailors. Also visible is an estate agent sign: 'Upper Part to be Let, Henry Chapman and Company'. Number 63 has a shop sign for 'Curzon's Hosiery Store' and above, 'Curzon's Outfitting Store, Overcoats and Suits Ready to Wear'. In the shop window is a sign for 'Sale', and a notice 'Strand L.C.C. Widening, Premises Coming Down'. Just visible on the right, number 62 is also vacant but bears a sign for ‘Strand Supply’ advertising ‘Jewels bought for cash’. These buildings were demolished in 1923 and the site redeveloped into an office block with retail units on the ground floor.
View of 62-64 Strand (south side), City of Westminster. Part of a three- and four-storey terrace of houses built c1737 on a site once part of Durham Place, the most easterly of the mansions along the south side of the Strand and home to the Bishops of Durham since 1220. On the corner with Durham Street, the ground-floor shop at number 64 is vacant with a shop sign for 'Turnbull and Reakes, Tailors'. Another sign announces that they were 'Removing to 37 Southampton Street, facing the Hotel Cecil from March 23rd 1923'. In 1895 it had been occupied by Crabb and Perry, Tailors. Also visible is an estate agent sign: 'Upper Part to be Let, Henry Chapman and Company'. Number 63 has a shop sign for 'Curzon's Hosiery Store' and above, 'Curzon's Outfitting Store, Overcoats and Suits Ready to Wear'. In the shop window is a sign for 'Sale', and a notice 'Strand L.C.C. Widening, Premises Coming Down'. Just visible on the right, number 62 is also vacant but bears a sign for ‘Strand Supply’ advertising ‘Jewels bought for cash’. These buildings were demolished in 1923 and the site redeveloped into an office block with retail units on the ground floor.
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