View of the Strand
View of the Strand
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Record No
140413
Title
View of the Strand
Description
A view of St Martin in the Fields Church and 448-449 Strand, City of Westminster. Looking northwest from the forecourt of Charing Cross Station. In the foreground is the forecourt shared by Charing Cross Hotel and Station, with boundary railings and piers topped by gas lamps designed by Edmund Middleton Barry, son of Sir Charles Barry. The lamps are missing in this image but have since been replaced. Numbers 448-449 are part of a triangular island block of shops and offices between the Strand, Adelaide Street and William IV Street (formerly King William Street). Built in 1830-32 as part of the West Strand Improvements, planned by architect John Nash and executed by William Herbert. The circular corner pavilions, known as "pepper pots “, have three storeys and an attic with a balustrade, and cast-iron balconies around the first floor. In the nineteenth century, number 448 was the office of The West Strand Telegraph Company. The 'Central Station' of the Electric Telegraph Company, which was established to connect the major cities and towns of the country by electric telegraph. On the first-floor window of number 449 which was occupied by a branch of Midland Bank is a sign for 'Bureau de Change and Foreign Exchange Department'. The block is Grade II* listed, number 1237040. The first church recorded on the site of St Martin in the Fields Church was in 1222. It was demolished and rebuilt by Henry VIII in 1542. The current church is constructed of Portland Stone and was built between 1722-26 by James Gibbs. The west front has a staged tower and steeple which rise above it behind the two-column deep portico. It is commemorated in the nursery rhyme Oranges and Lemons: "you owe me five farthings say the bells of St Martins". It is Grade I listed, number 1217661.
Date of execution
1930
Section
London Metropolitan Archives
Collection
LCC Photograph Library
Medium
photograph
Catalogue No
SC_PHL_01_532_A7056
London picture map location
Exact
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