Buildings in Union Street
Buildings in Union Street
Record No
116379
Title
Buildings in Union Street
Description
Looking south-west at the front elevations of 69-87 Union Street (left to right, odds), Southwark, at the junction with Ayres Street (formery Whitecross Street). Numbers 69 to 79 appear to have been built as a single development, but there have been alterations to some parapets. Frisby & Son have been trading at number 69 (170 prior to street renumbering in the 1860s) for more than 30 years, and it has been a grocer's shop for more than 130. A slanted fascia and retractable dutch blind has been fitted to the front of the original shop fascia which curves around the corner. A tall mast on the roof supports a VHF television antenna and a shorter mast carries a newer antenna for UHF television. The facade of number 69 has moved slightly out of alignment with that of number 71 (formerly 169). The first floor nine-pane window sashes have been replaced with single-pane sashes. The shop fascia and cornice of number 73 (formerly 168) are between ornate console brackets. The first floor nine-pane window sashes have been replaced with two-pane sashes. Fish and chips have been sold from the shop at number 73 for more than 60 years; number 75 (formerly 167) has been a restaurant and earlier a coffee house for more than 130; and number 77 (formerly 166) a newsagent and tobacconist's for more than 125 - the ghost sign on the facade dating from James Leach's proprietorship in the 1920s and 30s. A reflection of a belisha beacon could be mistaken for a giant lollipop in the window of number 77. Number 79 (formerly 165) appears to be unoccupied; the shop has a large cornice above the shop fascia and large ornate console brackets. Newton (George) & Hill Ltd, builders, have vacated number 81 (formerly 164). Although the sign states that the company was established in 1852, it moved to these premises not long before 1920. JT Daveport Ltd has been manufacturing J Collis Browne's Compound at its factory at number 83-87 since at least 1920 although the formulation has been much altered since 1856 when John Thistlewood Davenport went into partnership with ex-army officer John Collis Browne MRCS who had invented and patented Chlorodine. The junction with Southwark Bridge Road is on the right. A Ford Cortina Mk 3 is parked.
Date of execution
1975
Section
The London Archives
Collection
LCC Photograph Library
Medium
photograph
Catalogue No
SC_PHL_01_377_75_18315
London picture map location
Exact
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