View of the Strand, City of Westminster, from Adam Street. A major thoroughfare, the Strand runs east to west from Trafalgar Square to Temple Bar. Named from the Old English 'strond', meaning the edge of a river, as before modern embankments and land reclamation it ran alongside the north bank of the River Thames. A busy street scene with numerous pedestrians and vehicles. To the left, numbers 413-416 is a branch of Barclays Bank. Originally New Zealand House; the New Zealand Embassy, it was designed by architects Crickmay and Sons and completed in 1916. Decorative festoons around some of the windows were carved by John Whitehead and Sons. New Zealand House moved to a new building in 1963. Number 411-412 is the Adelphi Theatre, advertising Charlie Girl starring Joe Brown, Anna Neagle, Stuart Damon and Derek Nimmo which became one of the most successful theatre shows of the day running for 6 years and 2,202 performances. The theatre was built in 1806 as the Sans Pareil, by merchant John Scott and his daughter Jane. It was renamed the Adelphi in 1819 and bought in 1880 by brothers Agostino and Stefano Gatti, part a wealthy Italian-Swiss dynasty who owned a portfolio of London theatres and restaurants. The theatre was frequently modified until the last major rebuilding in 1930 by Ernest Schaufelberg. The building is Grade II listed, number 1264304. Number 409-410 with 'To Be Let' signs attached to the first-floor balconies, was built by Spencer Chadwick in 1886–87 for the Gatti Brothers as the Adelphi Restaurant and is Grade II listed, number 1237038. The sign above the shop window for 'Queensland' was erected in the 1920s by the Australian state. 'Austin Kaye and Company Jewellers' trades at number 408. They continue to trade at 425 Strand, while the building at 408 has been redeveloped.