Buildings in New Row
Buildings in New Row
Record No
141513
Title
Buildings in New Row
Description
View looking west, showing a terrace of buildings at 14-12 New Row, Covent Garden, including the "White Swan" public house at number 14. Dating from the late-seventeenth or early-eighteenth century, the pub has had various names, including "Lord's Tavern", "The Moths Hotel" and "The Swan Hotel". The four-storey building has a three-window range with a hanging sign for the "White Swan" and a spotlight visible above the ground floor. There are signs for, "Charringtons" in view. The ground floor has a wooden-framed frontage with stucco dressings above. A masonic lodge used to meet at the pub in the mid-eighteenth century and the author, Dorothy L. Sayers featured the pub in her 1933 Lord Peter Wimsey novel, "Murder Must Advertise". The building is Grade II listed; listing number 1224986. Number 13 is a four-storey, late seventeenth-century terrace house with a shop on the ground floor trading as, "Middlemass & Co". It is Grade II listed; listing number 1224985. Number 12 is a single-storey shop trading as, "J. M. Turnell & Co.". To the left is a partial view of 20 King Street, trading as, "Moss Bros" gentlemen's outfitter. To the right is a partial view of the "Round House" public house at 1 Garrick Street. Built in 1868 it was originally called, "Petters Hotel" but was renamed in 1943. There is a drinks menu board visible and a hanging sign advertising, "Younger's Scotch Ales". In the distance can be seen three blind windows at 10 New Row. There are pedestrians in the street and a lorry can be seen in the distance.
Date of execution
1966
Section
The London Archives
Collection
LCC Photograph Library
Medium
photograph
Catalogue No
SC_PHL_01_496_66_7089
London picture map location
Exact
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