Cecil Hotel on Victoria Embankment
Cecil Hotel on Victoria Embankment
Record No
142147
Title
Cecil Hotel on Victoria Embankment
Description
View from the river side of The Embankment, Westminster. The Cecil Hotel, stretching from The Strand to The Embankment, was the largest hotel in Europe when it opened in 1896 with over 800 rooms. It was demolished in 1930 and is now the site of Shell-Mex house. Beyond is the lower roofline of the Savoy Hotel. There is good selection of pre-war coaches, with a smart General LT-type, registration GF 571, on a route to Virginia Water and Sunningdale, nearest the camera. Beyond this is a Greenline LT coach, registration GH 626, on a service to Watford and beyond are other various coaches, some with luggage baskets, and a charabanc parked in the distance. In the foreground are the tram lines and there is a clear view of the suspended street lighting.
Date of execution
1935
Section
The London Archives
Collection
LCC Photograph Library
Medium
photograph
Catalogue No
SC_PHL_01_541_WN1011
London picture map location
Exact
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