The Burton store at 15-16 George Street, showing the dark polished stone of the fascia

Date:
1980s - 1990s
Location:
Burton, 15-16 George Street, Tamworth, Staffordshire
Reference:
MBC01/04/233
Type:
Photograph (Transparency)
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Description

Foundation stones were laid at the George Street store by Stanley Howard Burton, Raymond Montague Burton and Arnold James Burton in 1936. Granite facades featured on around 15 Burton stores built in the 1930s, for example in Kingston upon Hull and Reading. The dark stone fascia of the George Street store may be a small-scale continuation of these designs.

Content

This is part of the Series: MBC01/04 Photographic slides of branches of Montague Burton, taken by His Honour Nicholas Philpot; within the Collection: MBC01 Photography of Montague Burton and other shops taken by His Honour Nicholas Philpot

Rights

© Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Philpot, Nicholas Anthony John

Keywords

Mid 20th Century Shop, Shops And Shopping