General view of boarded-up shops on the north side of Powis Street, showing numbers 132-134 and 136 from the south-west

Date:
1 Apr 2021
Location:
136 Powis Street, Woolwich, Greenwich, Greater London Authority, SE18
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132-134 Powis Street, Woolwich, Greenwich, Greater London Authority, SE18
Reference:
DP434144
Type:
Photograph (Digital)
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Description

Photographer's note: '136 A four-storey building of 1930–1, built for RACS funeral furnishers, established in 1923. A canted bay rises through all the upper storeys and bears the society’s wreathed motto, ‘Each for All, and All for Each’ Nos 132–134 built in 1901 for Edwin James Robson, a draper, with Church as architect and S. J. Jerrard as builder. The building was later taken over by the RACS, used as a chemist’s and optician’s, and linked through to the store at Nos 138–152.'

Content

This is part of the Job: 2K/32090 Woolwich, Greenwich, Greater London; within the Volume: VF000537 High Streets Heritage Action Zone: Woolwich; within the Series: HEC01/054 High Streets Heritage Action Zone: Woolwich; within the Collection: HEC01 Historic England

Rights

© Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Redgrave, Christopher: Historic England

Keywords

Early 20th Century Shop, Early 20th Century Office