Exterior of Thomas Cook and Son office in Gallowtree Gate
- Date:
- Mar 1896
- Location:
- Thomas Cook Building, 5 Gallowtree Gate, City Of Leicester
- Reference:
- BL13497
- Type:
- Photograph (Negative)
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Description
The Thomas Cook Building was designed by Joseph Goddard as a memorial to Cook who died in 1892. At first floor level is a frieze of four panels illustrating important milestones in Cook's career as a travel agent. The dates 1841 and 1894 carved into the second floor frieze commemorate the date of the first trip he organized and the date of the date of the building. The Bedford Lemere daybook records Burmantofts and Company as clients, and they are likely to have manufactured the ornate terracotta finishes on the building facade.
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
Photographer: Lemere, Henry Bedford: Bedford Lemere And Company
Keywords
Victorian Shop, Victorian Commercial Office
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