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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1 memorial
Hackney Gazette printing works

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Group, Commerce

1 memorial

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Franta Belsky

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Person, Sculpture, Czechoslovakia

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Abney Park Cemetery Company

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Westminster City Council

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The ancient parish of St Margaret's was divided into St Margaret's and St John's in 1727 but it was still run as a single vestry. In 1855 the two parishes were reformed into the Westminster Distric...

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183 memorials