The staff hostel for Bourne & Hollingsworth department store at 52-54 Gower Street, seen from the north-west

Date:
29 Oct 1912
Location:
52-54 Gower Street, Bloomsbury, Camden, Greater London Authority, WC1E
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Bonham Carter House, 52-54 Gower Street, Bloomsbury, Camden, Greater London Authority, WC1E
Reference:
BL21885
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

Bourne & Hollingsworth who had a department store on Oxford Street also had a staff hostel for unmarried females on Gower Street. The building, later named Bonham Carter House, was completed in 1912 with the Bedford Lemere daybook recording the builders name as 'Wallis'.

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: Jwc: Bedford Lemere And Company

Keywords

Early 20th Century Lodging House