Rear view of 55-60 Strand, City of Westminster, from Durham House Street, formerly William Street. 55-60 Strand, in the distance, was a 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. This building was demolished in 1923 (the year of this photograph) and has since been redeveloped with a modern office block with retail units on the ground floor. The rear of 56-64 Strand is on the left, and numbers 58-59 and the buildings on the right were formerly Coutts and Company Bank. Between 1775 and 1817 Thomas Coutts bought most of the houses between John Street (later John Adam Street) and William Street, and in 1799 employed the William Adam to build a bridge of brick and stone across William Street, thus connecting the two parts of the bank. Coutts Bank moved to 440 Strand in 1832, but number 59 remained the "shop" of Coutts' Bank until 1904. All these buildings, including the bridge, were demolished and the site has since been redeveloped into a modern office block with retail units on the ground floor. Two delivery vans are parked in the street, and two men are standing looking at the camera.