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The new Grand Hotel, Charing-Cross (on the site of Northumberland House), 1880. Creator: Unknown.

The new Grand Hotel, Charing-Cross (on the site of Northumberland House), [London], 1880. '...where the spacious new thoroughfare, called Northumberland-avenue, has been opened from Trafalgar-square to the Victoria Embankment, the Grand Hotel Company have erected a tall building with a semicircular front...The architects, Messrs. Francis and Francis, who have had much experience in the construction of hotels and restaurants, have made the best possible use of the space at their disposition. In accordance with modern French and American precedents, they have designed a building suitable for shops on the ground floor, and arranged in the upper parts for the accommodation of guests...The elevation rises seven storeys in height. Its general style may be designated a free treatment of the later Italian, with a Mansard roof and decorations in Bath stone and pilasters of Shap granite. The work of the foundations and up to the ground line was executed by Mr. Reddin; the contractors for the superstructure were Messrs. Merritt and Ashby...The kitchens are not in the basement, but in an upper section of the building; and this arrangement does away with the disagreeable smell of cooking which salutes one in most hotels, even those of the best class'. From "Illustrated London News", 1880.
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The new Grand Hotel, Charing-Cross (on the site of Northumberland House), 1880. Creator: Unknown.
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The new Grand Hotel, Charing-Cross (on the site of Northumberland House), [London], 1880. '...where the spacious new thoroughfare, called Northumberland-avenue, has been opened from Trafalgar-square to the Victoria Embankment, the Grand Hotel Company have erected a tall building with a semicircular front...The architects, Messrs. Francis and Francis, who have had much experience in the construction of hotels and restaurants, have made the best possible use of the space at their disposition. In accordance with modern French and American precedents, they have designed a building suitable for shops on the ground floor, and arranged in the upper parts for the accommodation of guests...The elevation rises seven storeys in height. Its general style may be designated a free treatment of the later Italian, with a Mansard roof and decorations in Bath stone and pilasters of Shap granite. The work of the foundations and up to the ground line was executed by Mr. Reddin; the contractors for the superstructure were Messrs. Merritt and Ashby...The kitchens are not in the basement, but in an upper section of the building; and this arrangement does away with the disagreeable smell of cooking which salutes one in most hotels, even those of the best class'. From "Illustrated London News", 1880.
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3366 x 2723 px | 26.2 MB
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28.5 x 23.1 cm | 11.2 x 9.1 in (300 dpi)
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