A view of buildings in Marylebone Lane, Marylebone; at the time of the photograph numbered (left to right) 68 Wigmore Street, 13a-13, 15-17 and 19 Marylebone Lane. The red brick, four-storey, Queen Anne-style house at 68 Wigmore Street was designed by Augustus E. Hughes in 1898 for John Potter, a wholesale grocer. The arched shop fronts with pink granite piers either side of the corner entrance were designed to be open for the fishmonger's shop run by Potter’s sons. In this view, the shop is occupied by P.D.C. Copy Service. Adjacent, 13a-13 Marylebone Lane, the rear extension of 70-74 Wigmore Street, built 1907-08 by E. Lawrance & Sons to the designs of F. M. Elgood. The facade is in red brick and Portland stone with recessed bays. In this view, the ground floor is occupied by haberdasher Distinctive Trimmings. An illuminated sign on the door pediment reads: 'Distinctive Trimmings 486 6456'. Above the door, a sign: 'Valerie House'. In 2010, a new building of offices and retail showrooms, by ESA Architecture, replaced all but the facades of 68–74 Wigmore Street and 13a-13 Marylebone Lane. The new building's address is 68a-72 Wigmore Street. Also in view, Le Petit Montmartre restaurant, 15-17 Marylebone Lane, opened 1956 by Austrian wine expert Joseph Berkmann. The shutters and illuminated windmill were a nod to Montmartre, Paris. Next door, 19 Marylebone Lane. Both buildings date to 1890-91, built by Francis Radford Tozer, a Notting Hill builder. Both were demolished and replaced by a taller office/retail block in 2010-12, again by ESA Architecture for Howard de Walden Estates. In the foreground, a car, registration 59326-EE.
