View of 430-434 Strand, City of Westminster (north side). On the corner of William IV Street with Charing Cross Hospital on the right. Part of a triangular island block of shops and offices between the Strand, Adelaide Street and William IV Street (formerly King William Street). Built in 1830-32 as part of the West Strand Improvements, planned by architect John Nash and executed by William Herbert. Number 430 is one of the two circular corner pavilions known as "pepper pots", with three storeys and an attic with balustrade. On the ground floor is 'Alfred Marks Bureau', a well-known employment agency mentioned in the 1980 song ‘Temporary Secretary’ by Paul McCartney. Number 431 is part of the three-storey terrace, with a shop on the ground floor occupied by 'Strand Hosiery' advertising 'Van Heusen and Aertex' brands. Number 432 is 'Sandwich Supermarket' and number 433 has a sign for 'Umbrella and Luggage Repairs'. The whole block is Grade II* listed, number 1237040. On the right is Charing Cross Hospital on William IV Street. Founded by Dr Benjamin Golding in October 1818, originally in Villiers Street off the Strand, it moved to this site in the late-nineteenth century, absorbing the Ophthalmic Hospital which had been built in 1831 as part of Nash's West Strand Improvements. The corner block has a rounded pavilion with Corinthian pilasters through the second and third floor with a balustraded balcony above, and a triangular roof pediment. A sign on the wall: 'Hospital Quiet Please'. The side block has four storeys with a mansard roof, dormer windows, and leaded domes at each end. Vehicular access is through an arch with a painted sign for 'Charing Cross Hospital', and by the railings is a sign which reads 'Charing Cross Hospital Out Patients Entrance'. The hospital moved to its new site on Fulham Road in 1973, and the building is now residential and offices. A number of vehicles are parked in William IV Street including a lorry and a Black cab.