Buildings in Motcomb Street and Lowndes Street
Buildings in Motcomb Street and Lowndes Street
Record No
141007
Title
Buildings in Motcomb Street and Lowndes Street
Description
View of the front elevations of buildings in Motcomb Street, Belgravia, and the corner of Lowndes Street. The buildings have four storeys, many with shops on the ground floor. At the corner is Deakin & Ward, an antiques shop at 24 Motcomb Street. Two black model lions dormant sit on the pavement. To its left is Claudia, a flower shop at 24a Motcomb Street, and next to it David Levine at 25. Along the street is the rear elevation of a substantial commercial building at 27 Motcomb Street, Belgravia, the front elevation being on the south side of the building in West Halkin Street. The elevation shown is covered in white stucco and has three storeys that include two tall arched windows either side of the entrance. The building dates from 1830 and includes numbers 2-12 Halkin Arcade as well as 27 and 28 Motcomb Street and 11a West Halkin Street. It was Grade II listed in 1987; listing number 1279385. It is now a supermarket. On the pavement are two K6 telephone kiosks designed by Giles Gilbert Scott, that date from 1935. They were Grade II listed in 1987; listing numbers 1267231 and 1223571. In the foreground a trench has been dug in the pavement leading to a manhole, which is open and surrounded by a barrier. To the right at 14 Lowndes Street is a shop called Hotspur and at 13 is Gordon St Claire. Dating from the early-nineteenth century, the block of terraced houses at numbers 9 and 10 West Halkin Street, 24, 24a, 25 and 26, Motcomb Street and 12a and 14 Lowndes Street were Grade II listed in 1970; listing number 1274491.
Date of execution
1972
Section
The London Archives
Collection
LCC Photograph Library
Medium
photograph
Catalogue No
SC_PHL_01_495_72_10220
London picture map location
Exact
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