Time and Life building in New Bond Street
Time and Life building in New Bond Street
Record No
141689
Title
Time and Life building in New Bond Street
Description
View looking south, showing the Time and Life building at 153-157 New Bond Street, Mayfair, at the junction with 1-4 Bruton Street. The six-storey building was erected in 1951-54 to designs by Michael Rosenauer for the American company, Time Life International. It was the first commercial building erected in London that was not subject to post-war planning restrictions. The building is Grade II* listed; listing number 1264063. The ground floor shares its trading space between, "Hermes" and "Courreges", both high-end ladies fashion retailers. The main entrance to the building is in Bruton Street, where a sign for, "KLM" can be seen. There is a "Hermes" logo visible at ground-floor level. There is a 20-window range to the Bruton Street elevation and a mix of 12 and 16-range windows to the New Bond Street elevation. A set of sculptures called, "The Screen", by Sir Henry Moore, can be seen to the New Bond Street elevation at second-floor level. There are two signs for, "Air France" visible at 159 New Bond Street, and signs for, "Ireland House", to the right of the view at 152 New Bond Street. At 5 Bruton Street is a partial view of the "Coach and Horses" public house, which has been located at the site since 1738. The present building dates from 1933. There are three sets of traffic lights visible at the junction, where traffic can be seen, including a taxi. There are pedestrians in view. The Time and Life building remains today, with Hermes still trading from the premises as its flagship London store.
Date of execution
1979
Section
The London Archives
Collection
LCC Photograph Library
Medium
photograph
Catalogue No
SC_PHL_01_496_79_363
London picture map location
Exact
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