View of New Bridge Street
View of New Bridge Street
Record No
48635
Title
View of New Bridge Street
Description
A view of New Bridge Street, City of London, looking towards Ludgate Circus as seen from a rooftop opposite Unilever House. On the left can be seen one of the sculptured horses by Sir William Reid Dick on the side of Unilever House. Beside Unilever House can be seen F.W. Troup's Blackfriars House of 1913-16. To the right of the image can be seen the partially bomb damaged building of 179 Queen Victoria Street with its ornate railings still standing. Near the centre of the image is the Victorian office building which once contained the Hand in Hand Insurance Company at 26 New Bridge Street. The sign including that of the Commercial Union Assurance Company can be seen on the side of the building. Just behind the bomb damaged building can be seen part of the front of The Black Friar public house. Above Blackfriars House can be seen the spire of St Bride Fleet Street and above the bomb damaged building can be seen the tower of the Central Criminal Court (Old Bailey). The image contains a mix of vehicles including a black taxi cab in the middle of the road (Hackney Carriage), Routemaster buses in the distance, motor bikes, vans and also in the foreground of the image, a black Daimler. On the right hand side are black and white traffic lights. By Unilever House can be seen a small group of pedestrians descending the steps to the subway to Blackfriars underground station with the underground sign visible above the subway's railings. Unilever House, Blackfriars House, The Black Friar public house and some other buildings still survive. Blackfriars Station was rebuilt and re-modelled c2012 and the site of the former Hand in Hand Insurance Company Building now contains a small public space containing benches and a garden area.
Date of execution
1957
Section
London Metropolitan Archives
Collection
LCC Photograph Library
Artist
Mann Brothers
Medium
photograph
Catalogue No
SC_PHL_01_019_57_4152
Accession No
C/267
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