Shops in Borough High Street
Shops in Borough High Street
Record No
116036
Title
Shops in Borough High Street
Description
View of 51-55 Borough High Street, Southwark. To the right is number 55, a late-seventeenth or early-eighteenth century narrow three-storey building. Occupying the ground floor is the OK Staff Agency with advertisements in the windows for vacancies and a large poster: TEMPS WANTED. In the 1920s the ground floor was occupied by Leslie John Henry, costumier. It is now a convenience store and is Grade II listed, number 1378353. Number 53 is an early-eighteenth century four-storey building with mansard roof and dormer windows, with a mid-nineteenth century front. A branch of the Woolwich Equitable Building Society advertises '5 Year Investment Certificates'. From 1778 until 1840, various firms of indigo blue manufacturers were the occupants and in the 1950s it was occupied by Louis F. Petyt, hop factor. The ground floor is now a food outlet, and the building is Grade II listed, number 1378352. Number 51 is a four-storey building with a mansard roof and dormer windows, with a shop on the ground floor. The shop is now a cafe.
Date of execution
1979
Section
The London Archives
Collection
LCC Photograph Library
Medium
photograph
Catalogue No
SC_PHL_01_365_79_4239
London picture map location
Exact
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