This building was completed in September 1960. It replaces buildings destroyed by enemy action in September 1940.
Slater & Uren F.F.R.I.B.A. - Architects
Rush & Tompkins Ltd - Contractors
W1, Oxford Street, John Lewis
The large aluminium sculpture "Winged Figure" on the side of the building is by Barbara Hepworth. See Ornamental Passions for commentary and a picture.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
John Lewis war damage
Sorry, we've done no research on WW2, it's just too big a subject. But do vis...
Retail group. Founded by John Spedan Lewis after his father John Lewis gave h...
George Bernard Shaw lived in this house from 1887 to 1898. "From the coffers of his genius he enriched the world".
The plaque is over the entrance to the restaurant.
Reprography is the reproduction of graphics through mechanical or electrical means. We cannot trace the maker of this plaque. It may be R...
Whittington lived nearby and paid for the rebuilding and enlargement of the church St Michael Paternoster Royal. Upper Thames Street is w...
Sykes' family unveiled this plaque just 3 days after the first anniversary of his death. A plaque for Spike Milligan (unveiled by Sykes)...
