Shop in Dover Street
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Shop in Dover Street
Shop in Dover Street
Reference
SC_PHL_01_465_75_7549 (Collage 134209)
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London Metropolitan Archives: LCC Photograph Library
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Front elevation of 8 Dover Street, City of Westminster. Dover Street was built in 1642 and named after Henry Jermyn, Lord Dover, one of the partners in the consortium of developers. A three-storey terrace of buildings, three windows wide, with shop fronts at ground floor. Both shops are boarded up with fly posters advertising 'Easter Ski Trip, Mixed Party, 20-35 age group, £30 fully inclusive', and 'Valentines Day Champagne Riverboat Party, 20-35 age group, tickets £2'. Further fly posters for 'Original Oil Painting and Watercolours £5-£100', 'Original Victorian Paintings Watercolours and Oils', 'Nostalgia Club, New Row, Covent Garden, Entrance 75p'. A shop sign for 'Maxwell' as, along with number 9, this was the premises of 'Henry Maxwell'. Founded in 1750 as a spur maker, the company was first awarded a Royal Warrant by King George IV. By the early-twentieth century they were supplying boots, shoes, riding and hunting accessories and continue to trade. In 1895 and 1901 the two buildings were a private hotel and have since been restored.
Front elevation of 8 Dover Street, City of Westminster. Dover Street was built in 1642 and named after Henry Jermyn, Lord Dover, one of the partners in the consortium of developers. A three-storey terrace of buildings, three windows wide, with shop fronts at ground floor. Both shops are boarded up with fly posters advertising 'Easter Ski Trip, Mixed Party, 20-35 age group, £30 fully inclusive', and 'Valentines Day Champagne Riverboat Party, 20-35 age group, tickets £2'. Further fly posters for 'Original Oil Painting and Watercolours £5-£100', 'Original Victorian Paintings Watercolours and Oils', 'Nostalgia Club, New Row, Covent Garden, Entrance 75p'. A shop sign for 'Maxwell' as, along with number 9, this was the premises of 'Henry Maxwell'. Founded in 1750 as a spur maker, the company was first awarded a Royal Warrant by King George IV. By the early-twentieth century they were supplying boots, shoes, riding and hunting accessories and continue to trade. In 1895 and 1901 the two buildings were a private hotel and have since been restored.
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