Sujet

The proposed "Courts of Justice Central Hotel," Strand, opposite the new Law Courts, 1883. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

The proposed "Courts of Justice Central Hotel," Strand, opposite the new Law Courts, 1883. 'The important change which has taken place in the conduct of the legal business of the United Kingdom by the concentration of the entire legal machinery at the new Royal Courts of Justice, has created a large demand for hotel accommodation in the immediate vicinity...a very important site has been chosen for the erection of a first-class hotel...The Hotel will be the most Central in London...being only two minutes' walk from the Underground Railway system (Temple Station), the same distance from the Thames Embankment and the river steamer service (Temple Pier), the Temple, Chancery-lane, and Lincoln's-inn; and omnibuses pass the doors to all parts of London. It is also in close proximity to the principal theatres and places of amusement, and within a shilling cab fare of nearly the whole of the railway termini of London. The Hotel will be one of the largest and most important in London; and the entire building will be lighted by electricity, and will be connected with the Courts by the same medium. The grand entrance from the Strand (of which the above is a drawing) will be of a most striking character'. From "Illustrated London News", 1883.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

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HRM25A50_347

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Droits gérés

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47,1Mo (4,6Mo) / 29,8cm x 39,5cm / 3521 x 4671 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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