Shops in Warwick Street
Shops in Warwick Street
Record No
167882
Title
Shops in Warwick Street
Description
Front elevation of 4-7 Warwick Street, City of Westminster. Known in 1585 as Dog Street, then Marrowbone Lane it became known as Warwick Street by 1681. Running parallel to Regents Street from Glasshouse Street north to Beak Street. Number 4, built in 1911 by architect George Vernon of the firm of Henry Metcalf and Thomas Greig as an extension to number 1-2 built in 1909. The whole office complex is known as Regency House. With four storeys, the upper storeys faced in Portland stone with rusticated Doric columns. The shop on the ground floor is the Receiving Office for Goods and Parcels of the Great Western Railway and the London and South Western Railway. It has since been converted to apartments. Number 5, three-storey with a dormer attic, is the Sceptre Chop House established 1830, advertising 'Hot Joints, Soups, Fish, Chops, Steaks straight from the Grill'. Number 6, three-storey with a dormer attic, is the Warwick Press of London and Glasgow. Number 7, three-storey with a large arched entrance, is Holland Sherry Woollen Merchants, founded in 1836 and continuing to trade from Saville Row. These buildings were later demolished and a modern apartment block stands on the site.
Date of execution
1920c
Section
The London Archives
Collection
LCC Photograph Library
Medium
photograph
Catalogue No
SC_PHL_01_543_81_12123
London picture map location
Exact
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