Exterior of the Charing Cross Hotel with E M Barry's neo Eleanor Cross in the foreground

Date:
1887
Location:
Charing Cross Hotel, Strand, Charing Cross, City Of Westminster, Greater London Authority, Wc2
Reference:
BL08166
Type:
Photograph (Albumen Print)
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Description

The Charing Cross Hotel was built in 1863-1864 by the architect E M Barry. Barry also designed the Eleanor Cross in the station forecourt, commissioned by the Charing Cross Hotel Company. The original Charing Cross to commemorate Queen Eleanor of Castile, wife of King Edward I, had been situated nearby, at the northern end of Whitehall. The site is now marked with a statue of King Charles I on horseback.

Content

This is part of the Series: HBL01/01 Series Of Photographic Negatives And Prints; within the Collection: HBL01 The Bedford Lemere Collection

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Architect: Barry, Edward Middleton

Keywords

Victorian Commemorative Monument, Victorian Hotel, Street Scene