Buildings in Lowndes Street
Buildings in Lowndes Street
Record No
140901
Title
Buildings in Lowndes Street
Description
View of the front elevations of buildings in Lowndes Street, Belgravia, and the corner of Motcomb Street and Lowndes Street. The buildings have four storeys, many with shops on the ground floor. At the corner is Derek Howe & Co. Ltd, an antiques shop at 23 and 23a Motcomb Street. To its left is 15 Lowndes Street with a sign over its door reading Carafe. Visible obliquely at 19 Motcomb Street is Pantechnicon, a stucco-fronted building with giant Doric columns to the front elevation and its name in a vertical sign. Originally designed as auctioneers Sotheby’s arts and furniture repository (Pantechnicon meaning all the arts), the former warehouse now houses restaurants and bars. A Greek Revival building dating from about 1830 and probably by Joseph Jopling, Pantechnicon was Grade II listed in 1958; listing number 1223569. Many cars are parked in the streets including, in the foreground, a Triumph Herald and a Morris 1100 with registration RVV842. Dating from about 1830, numbers 20-23 and 23a Motcomb Street and 15 Lowndes Street were Grade II listed in 1970; listing number 1223570.
Date of execution
1964
Section
The London Archives
Collection
LCC Photograph Library
Medium
photograph
Catalogue No
SC_PHL_01_495_64_2838
London picture map location
Exact
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