Shops in New Row
Shops in New Row
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Record No
141589
Title
Shops in New Row
Description
View looking west, showing a general view of terraced buildings with ground-floor shops and other businesses in New Row, Covent Garden at its junction with Garrick Street and King Street. To the left is 18-20 King Street where "Moss Bros", a clothing hire and retailing business is located on the ground floor. Dressed mannequins can be seen in the display windows. At first-floor level is an inscription displaying the year 1907. This building has since been replaced by a supermarket. There is a view of the four-storey "White Swan" public house at 14 New Row, which 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". 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". Two hanging "Bass Charrington" signs can be seen. 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". There are two metal dustbins outside. The building is Grade II listed; listing number 1224985. Number 12 is a single-storey shop trading as, "J. M. Turnell & Co.", distributors of fruit and vegetables. There is a wooden pallet and a crate visible outside. At the junction with Bedfordbury is 10 New Row. It was built in the early-nineteenth century and has four storeys with the ground-floor business trading as, "The Regency" restaurant. Five blind windows can be seen on the Bedfordbury elevation. The building is Grade II listed; listing number 1266576. Numbers 8-9 New Row can be seen in the distance. To the right is the "Round House" public house at 1 Garrick Street. Built in 1868 it was originally called, "Petters Hotel" but was renamed in 1943 to better represent its semi-circular shape. A hanging sign for "Younger's Scotch Ales" can be seen. Above the corner entrance doors is a sign for "Wm. Younger". There is an ornate street lamp visible.
Date of execution
1972
Section
The London Archives
Collection
LCC Photograph Library
Medium
photograph
Catalogue No
SC_PHL_01_496_72_8326
London picture map location
Exact
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