House in Stanhope Gate
House in Stanhope Gate
Record No
141974
Title
House in Stanhope Gate
Description
View of 15 Stanhope Gate, Mayfair (formerly Great Stanhope Street), on the corner with South Audley Street. Four-storey building with basement and attic. Railings enclose the basement area and steps lead up to a porch supported by columns, with a cast-iron balcony above. An oriel window on the second floor with a small balcony above. On this site in January 1918 Dame Katharine Furse G.B.E. established the first headquarters of the Women’s Royal Naval Service (WRNS) serving as the inaugural Director. The three-storey red brick house visible on the right is 1 South Audley Street, built 1878-79 by F.P. Cockerell, and completed by G. Aitchison, Jnr. This is now the Embassy of Qatar and is Grade II listed, entry 1264645. Two vehicles are parked on the road, including a van advertising ‘C. R. Forster, Chigwell Road’.
Date of execution
1975
Section
The London Archives
Collection
LCC Photograph Library
Medium
photograph
Catalogue No
SC_PHL_01_530_75_7808
London picture map location
Exact
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