Shops in New Bond Street
Shops in New Bond Street
Record No
141611
Title
Shops in New Bond Street
Description
View looking south, showing five-storey terraced buildings at 130-137 New Bond Street, Mayfair. Number 130 at the corner of Grosvenor Street has signs for the "National Linen Co" above plate-glass display windows, which have been obscured by white window wax. The shop is empty and there are posters in the windows next to signs saying, "Our New Store In Brook Street". Above are signs for "Hillexford Builders and Walpole Brothers (London) Ltd & John Tuckey & Co. Ltd". Several of the upper-floor windows are open and scaffolding can be seen in the Grosvenor Street elevation. Number 131-132 is trading as "Beale & Inman" men's clothing store. The company traded from the same location from 1828-2007 and some of its notable customers included Charles Dickens and Sir Winston Churchill. There is a man in uniform standing outside the shop. Numbers 133-134 are empty shops. "To Let" signs can be seen. Above number 133 is a sign for "Kuoni Travel". Number 131-134 is Grade II listed; listing number 1224466. It was built in 1914 in the Arts & Crafts style with five bays above a central hooded doorway and projecting cornice. There is an iron balcony below roof level where gutter hoppers can be seen with the year 1914 on them. To the extreme left is the Aeolian Hall at 135-137 New Bond Street. Built in 1876 for amateur artist, Sir Coutts Lindsay, to designs by William Thomas Sams, at a cost of £30,000. The building began life as the Grosvenor Gallery and in 1883 was lit entirely by electricity. The builders were G. H. & A. Bywater. It was renamed the Aeolian Hall in 1903 after the company who manufactured and sold pianolas from the premises and as a showroom for their musical instruments. The former main art gallery was converted into an auditorium where classical concerts were performed. In March 1943 the BBC took over the premises to record and broadcast radio concerts, including several performed by The Beatles in the early 1960s. Following the BBC's departure in the mid 1970s, the hall remained empty until the late-twentieth century, when it was converted to a high-end retail emporium. The building is Grade II listed; listing number 1266793. There is a traffic light, a street lamp and a diversion sign in view. Pedestrians can be seen and a Ford Cortina is parked in the street.
Date of execution
1975
Section
The London Archives
Collection
LCC Photograph Library
Medium
photograph
Catalogue No
SC_PHL_01_496_75_17568
London picture map location
Exact
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