The Bedford Lemere daybook records that the architect of the building was A Swash, FRIBA, which most likely refers to Alfred Swash, a Welsh architect. Swash also designed the Gwalia Hotel in Llandrindod Wells. This photograph was taken for Howell J Williams, possibly head of Howell J Williams Limited, a construction company based in Bermondsey.
Designs for the painted frieze visible above the fireplace in this picture can be seen in another Bedford Lemere and Company Limited photograph, BL20229.
This is part of the Series: HBL01/01 Series Of Photographic Negatives And Prints; within the Collection: HBL01 The Bedford Lemere Collection
Source: Historic England Archive
Photographer: Boucher, Adolphe Augustus: Bedford Lemere And Company
Architect: Swash, Alfred
Client: Williams, Howell J
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