Buildings in New Row
Buildings in New Row
Record No
141530
Title
Buildings in New Row
Description
View looking west, taken from King Street, of a terrace of buildings at 14-1 New Row, Covent Garden on the southern side. The "White Swan Hotel" at number 14 dates from the late-seventeenth or early-eighteenth century. It has had various names, including "Lord's Tavern", "The Moths Hotel" and "The Swan Hotel". The four-storey building has a hanging sign for the "White Swan" and an illuminated box sign for, "Charringtons". A masonic lodge used to meet at the public house 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 terraced house with a shop on the ground floor trading as, "Middlemass & Co". It is Grade II listed; listing number 1224985. There is a man looking in the window. Number 12 is a single-storey shop trading as, "J. M. Turnell & Co.". At the junction with Bedfordbury is 10 New Row with a ground-floor corner shop trading as, "Regency". There is a "Coca-Cola" sign outside. Two blind windows are visible. The building is Grade II listed; listing number 1266576. Outside number 6 is a sign for a restaurant. Some stacked crates and metal churns can be seen on the pavement. Numbers 10-1 New Row are all Grade II listed buildings. To the right, on the northern side of New Row 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 hanging sign advertising, "Younger's Scotch Ales". A ladder and a two-wheeled trolley can be seen. There is a sign for a snack bar outside number 15 New Row. There is a canvas sun awning in view. In the left foreground is an ornate street lamp. There are pedestrians in the street and a van can be seen in the distance.
Date of execution
1971
Section
The London Archives
Collection
LCC Photograph Library
Medium
photograph
Catalogue No
SC_PHL_01_496_71_120_11C_7
London picture map location
Exact
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