Strand Corner House in Strand
Strand Corner House in Strand
Record No
168091
Title
Strand Corner House in Strand
Description
View of the front elevations of buildings in Strand, Covent Garden. At the left is the Eleanor Cross in the forecourt of Charing Cross Hotel and Station. A sign on the station advertises the future Fleet Line of the London Underground. This was renamed the Jubilee Line and opened in 1979. In the centre is a detached building at 6-7 Strand housing Strand Corner House cafe at the corner with Craven Street. The stone facade has many flamboyant classical features including an open curved pediment at the second floor encasing swags and scrolls. Part of the ground floor is Pierre Cardin menswear shop. A sign on the awning says the Strand Corner House includes restaurants and bars. The cafe was opened in 1915 by J. Lyons Co. and became part of a large chain of Lyons Corner Houses. The building survived until at least 1977 but no longer exists. It was replaced by a later block of about 10 storeys but that has also been demolished. Several pedestrians can be seen on the pavement including some waiting at a bus stop and several cars, taxis and a van are seen in traffic. The building on the right of the image is Grand Buildings at 1-3 Strand. Its ground floor includes a souvenir shop at the corner with Northumberland Street as well as the Gibraltar tourist office. It still exists. The Queen Eleanor Memorial Cross is technically a neo-Eleanor Cross from the Victorian period. The crosses were a series of 12 tall and lavishly decorated stone monuments topped with crosses erected in a line down part of the east of England. King Edward I had them built in memory of his beloved wife Eleanor of Castile after her death in 1290. They marked the nightly resting places along the route when her body was transported to Westminster Abbey. Dating from 1864-1865 and designed by Edward Middleton Barry to mirror the original, the Queen Eleanor Memorial Cross was Grade II* listed in 1970; listing number 1236708. Dating from 1863-1864 and also designed by Barry, the Charing Cross Hotel was Grade II listed in 1987; listing number 1236707.
Date of execution
1977
Section
The London Archives
Collection
LCC Photograph Library
Medium
photograph
Catalogue No
SC_PHL_01_531_77_2139
London picture map location
Exact
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