The hot food counter in Lyon's Corner House restaurant in Coventry Street. The bar is made of functional steel, with built-in hot water jets and a row of tea urns, which is in marked contrast to the classical styling of the rest of the restaurant.

Date:
Dec 1923
Location:
Lyons' Corner House, 7-14 Coventry Street, City Of Westminster, Greater London Authority, W1
Reference:
BL26930/013
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

The cafe was built in 1907 and opened in 1909, and was the first Lyons’ Corner House of four to open in London. The building was extended in 1921-1923, and these photographs almost certainly document improvements to the building carried out during the works. This photograph was commissioned by Thomas Laurie Price and Company Ltd, refrigeration engineers based in London, who installed refrigeration equipment at the Corner House.

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

Client: T Laurie Price And Company, Ltd

Photographer: Boucher, Adolphe Augustus: Bedford Lemere And Company

Keywords

Counter, Edwardian Restaurant