Building    From 1899  To 1950

Carlton Hotel, Haymarket

Categories: Commerce

Designed by C. J. Phipps. The picture is taken from Cockspur Street. The building was badly bombed in 1940. Compare and contrast this ornate building with New Zealand House (1963) which is there now.

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Carlton Hotel, Haymarket

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Covent Garden Market

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William Harris

William Harris

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2 memorials
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Junius S. Morgan

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Gerard Manley Hopkins - SW15

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Heritage Foundation

Heritage Foundation

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64 memorials
Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens

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51 memorials