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| Frontispiece. | Northumberland House in 1753 | From the engraving after Canaletto
in the Council's collection of prints
and drawings. |
| PLATE | | |
| 1. | (a) Part of Wyngaerde's view of London
before 1544 | Reproduced by kind permission of
the London Topographical Society. |
| (b) Part of Norden's map view of Westminster (1593) | From the Council's collection of
prints and water-colours. |
| 2. | (a) Suffolk House; (b) York House; (c)
Durham House, Salisbury House and
Worcester House (circa 1660) | From drawings by Hollar in the
Pepysian Library, Magdalene
College, Cambridge. |
| (d) View up river to Westminster with
Durham House on the left | From a photograph preserved in the
Westminster Public Library. |
| 3. | Northumberland House: (a) south elevation
to quadrangle; (b) garden front | Photographs. |
| 4. | Northumberland House, central bay with
entrance gateway | From a drawing by G. Vertue
preserved in the Victoria and
Albert Museum. |
| 5. | Northumberland House, central bay to
Stand front | Photograph. |
| 6. | Northumberland House, Strand front | Photograph. |
| 7. | Northumberland House: (a) north entrance
from quadrangle; (b) grand staircase | (a) Photograph; (b) from The Illustrated London News of 1874. |
| 8. | Northumberland House: (a) ballroom; (b)
drawing-room | From water-colour drawings preserved at Syon House. |
| 9. | Northumberland House, Robert Adam's
design for the drawing-room | From drawings in the Soane Collection. |
| 10. | Northumberland House, picture gallery | From The Illustrated London News of
1874. |
| 11. | Northumberland House, vase from picture
gallery (now at Syon House) | Photograph. |
| 12. | Northumberland House, mantelpiece from
drawing-room (now at Syon House) | Photograph. |
| 13. | (a) Northumberland Street in 1874; (b) court
from Craven Street to Northumberland
Street in 1874 | From water-colour drawings by F.
Shepherd in the Council's collection of prints and drawings. |
| 14. | Northumberland Street in 1874: (a) upper
end with wall of Northumberland House;
(b) lower end showing Percy Chambers | From water-colour drawings by F.
Shepherd in the Council's collection of prints and drawings. |
| 15. | (a) No. 2, Northumberland Court; (b) Nos.
442–453, Strand (north side) in 1824 | From drawings preserved in the
Westminster Public Library. |
| 16. | (a) No. 7, Craven Street; (b) Nos. 11 and 12,
Craven Street | Photographs. |
| 17. | Craven Street staircases: (a) No. 11 (lower
flight); (b) No. 12 (lower flight); (c) No.
12 (top flight) | Photographs. |
| 18. | No. 32, Craven Street: (a) entrance hall;
(b) back staircase | Photographs. |
| 19. | No. 32, Craven Street, staircase | Measured drawings prepared by the
London Society. |
| 20. | Craven Street: (a) general view of east side;
(b) No. 32 (east side) | Photographs. |
| 21. | Craven Street: (a) Nos. 41 and 42 (east side);
(b) No. 11, back room on first floor | Photographs. |
| 22. | No. 25, Craven Street, front room on first
floor: (a) wall mirror; (b) mantelpiece | Photographs. |
| 23. | Craven Street staircases: (a) No. 40 (lower
flight); (b) No. 41 (lower flight); (c) No.
41 (top flight); (d) No. 42 (top flight) | Photographs. |
| 24. | (a) Hungerford Market circa 1828; (b)
Hungerford Stairs circa 1828 | From water-colour drawings in the
Council's collection of prints and
drawings. |
| 25. | (a) Hungerford Suspension Bridge; (b) New
Hungerford Market in 1834 | From prints in the Council's collection of prints and drawings:
(a) after T. H. Shepherd; (b)
after J. Harris. |
| 26. | Plan of New Hungerford Market (1830) | From a tracing of the signed plan by
Charles Fowler, now preserved at
the Royal Institute of British
Architects. |
| 27. | (a) No. 23, Strand circa 1850; (b) No. 31,
Strand in 1809 | From water-colour drawings preserved in the Westminster Public
Library. |
| 28. | River frontage of the York Buildings Estate
in 1840 | From the original plan in the Council's collection of prints and drawings. |
| 29. | York Watergate: (a) river front; (b) north
front | Photographs. |
| 30. | York Watergate: (a) circa 1670; (b) circa
1780 | (a) Reproduced from an oil painting
by Thomas Wijck by king permission of Lord St. Just; (b) from
a drawing preserved in the Crace
Collection. |
| 31. | York Watergate and York Buildings Waterworks in 1795. | From engraving by T. Malton in the
Council's collection of prints and
drawings. |
| 32. | York Watergate: (a) elevation to Embankment Gardens; (b) elevation to York
Terrace | Measured drawings. |
| 33. | York Watergate: (a) section through central
bay; (b) plan | Measured drawings. |
| 34. | West side of Buckingham Street looking
south | Photograph. |
| 35. | East side of Buckingham Street looking
north | Photograph. |
| 36. | Buckingham Street: (a) west side looking
north; (b) No. 14 from Embankment
Gardens | Photographs. |
| 37. | No. 11, Buckingham Street, ceilings of
front rooms on first floor | Measured drawings prepared by the
London Society. |
| 38. | Staircase in No. 12, Buckingham Street | Photography. |
| 39. | Pepys' Library in No. 14, Buckingham
Street | From drawings preserved in the
Pepysian Library, Magdalene
College, Cambridge. |
| 40. | No. 10, Buckingham Street: (a) stairs to
basement and first floor; (b) stairs from
ground to first floor | Photographs. |
| 41. | No. 10, Buckingham Street: (a) front room
on first floor; (b) back room on first floor | Photographs. |
| 42. | Wood doorcases in Buckingham Street | Measured drawings prepared by the
London Society. |
| 43. | No. 15, Buckingham Street, joinery details | Measured drawing prepared by the
London Society. |
| 44. | No. 15, Buckingham Street in 1905, panelled
room on first floor | (a) From pencil drawing by J.
Emslie in the Council's collection
of prints and drawings; (b) photograph. |
| 45. | No. 17, Buckingham Street, panelling to
room on first floor | Measured drawing. |
| 46. | Buckingham Street: (a) No. 15 in 1883;
(b) mantelpiece to back room on first floor
of No. 17 | (a) Pencil drawing by J. Emslie in
the Council's collection of prints
and drawings; (b) photograph. |
| 47. | Buckingham Street: (a) elevation of Nos. 17
and 18; (b) entrance doorway to No. 17 | (a) Measured drawing prepared by
the London Society; (b) photograph. |
| 48. | No. 17, Buckingham Street, mantelpiece to
front room on first floor | (a) Photograph; (b) measured drawing. |
| 49. | No. 18, Buckingham Street: (a) entrance
doorway; (b) staircase (ground floor flight) | Photographs. |
| 50. | No. 20, Buckingham Street, elevation | (a) Photograph; (b) measured drawing. |
| 51. | (a) York Place (formerly Of Alley) looking
east; (b) George Court looking north in
1932 | Photographs. |
| 52. | (a) Nos. 2 and 3, Duke Street (exterior); (b)
No. 2, Duke Street, front room on ground
floor | Photographs. |
| 53. | No. 2, Duke Street: (a) basement stair; (b)
landing to second floor; (c) doorway to
back room on first floor | Photographs. |
| 54. | No. 2, Duke Street, detail of entrance | Measured drawing. |
| 55. | No. 2, Duke Street, details of staircase | Measured drawing. |
| 56. | (a) Houses near the site of the New Exchange;
(b) Durham House gateway in 1790 | (a) From a water-colour drawing by
T. H. Shepherd in the Westminster Public Library; (b) from
engraveing in J. T. Smith's Antiquities of Westminster. |
| 57. | (a) No. 60, Strand in 1882; (b) No. 59,
Strand circa 1800; (c) No. 50, Strand circa
1800 | (a) From a water-colour drawing
dated 1882, (b) from a water-colour drawing by Nash, (c) from a
print, all in the Council's collection
of prints and drawings. |
| 58. | Elevations of The New Exchange | (a) From a drawing in the Smithson
Collection in the Royal Institute
of British Architects; (b) from an
engraving by John Harris in the
Council's collection of prints and
drawings; (c) from a drawing in
the Council's collection of prints
and drawings. |
| 59. | Nos. 54–64, Strand (site of the New Exchange) in 1852 | From a drawing by T. H. Shepherd
in the Westminster Public Library. |
| 60. | New Exchange, design for a screen | From a drawing by T. Starling, dated
1701, in the Council's collection of
prints and drawings. |
| 61. | No. 73, Strand in 1927 | Photograph. |
| 62. | Nos. 56–59, Strand: (a) plan; (b) view of
fronts | (a) From plans made in 1905; (b)
photograph taken in 1906. |
| 63. | (a) Lead cistern from No. 59, Strand; (b)
front room on second floor of No. 60,
Strand, in 1923 | Photographs. |
| 64. | (a) No. 60, Strand, back room on first floor,
mantelpiece on west side; (b) No. 60,
Strand, back room on first floor, mantelpiece on east side; (c) Nos. 58 and 59,
Strand, mantelpiece to back room on third
floor | Photographs. |
| 65. | (a) No. 59, Strand, first floor landing; (b)
No. 60, Strand, stair to second floor | Photographs. |
| 66. | Plan showing the boundaries of the property
mentioned in the Adelphi Estate Act, 1933 | From a plan supplied by the Adelphi
Estate. |
| 67. | Plan showing the Adelphi Arches with the
lower streets and their approaches | From a plan supplied by the Adelphi
Estate. |
| 68. | (a) Entrance to Lower Robert Street; (b)
bridge over Durham House Street | Photographs. |
| 69. | Adelphi Arches: (a) entrance from Strand
level to Durham Hill; (b) looking into
Durham Street from riverside | Photographs. |
| 70. | Adelphi Terrace circa 1780 | From the engraving by B. Pasterini
in Adam's Works in Architecture. |
| 71. | (a) South-east corner of Adam Street in 1906;
(b) Adelphi Terrace looking east showing
lower roadway in 1935 | Photographs. |
| 72. | Adelphi Terrace: (a) as originally erected;
(b) as altered in 1872 | From drawings supplied by the
Adelphi Estate. |
| 73. | Adelphi Terrace in 1935: (a) from Embankment Gardens; (b) looking north-east | Photographs. |
| 74. | No. 5, Adelphi Terrace, front room on first
floor: (a) ceiling; (b) mantelpiece | Photographs. |
| 75. | (a) No. 5, Adelphi Terrace, screen to front
room on ground floor; (b) No. 2, Adam
Street, entrance hall | Photographs. |
| 76. | No. 5, Adelphi Terrace: (a) entrance passage;
(b) staircase | Photographs. |
| 77. | No. 4, Adelphi Terrace, front room on first
floor | Photograph. |
| 78. | No. 4, Adelphi Terrace, ceiling to front room
on first floor | Photograph. |
| 79. | No. 4, Adelphi Terrace, mantelpieces: (a)
front room on first floor; (b) back room | Photographs. |
| 80. | No. 8, Adelphi Terrace, mantelpiece in front
room on first floor | (a) Photograph; (b) measured
drawing supplied by the Adelphi
Estate. |
| 81. | Adelphi Terrace ceilings: (a) No. 1a, reading
room on first floor; (b) No. 9, front room
on first floor | Photographs. |
| 82. | No. 3, Adelphi Terrace, ceiling to front room
on first floor | Photograph. |
| 83. | Adelphi mantelpieces: (a) No. 5, Robert
Street, front room on first floor; (b) No. 5,
Adelphi Terrace, front room on ground
floor; (c) No. 10, Adelphi Terrace, north
room on first floor | Photographs. |
| 84. | Adelphi Terrace mantelpieces: (a) No. 1a,
front room on first floor; (b) No. 5, back
room on ground floor; (c) No. 8, back
room on first floor | Photographs. |
| 85. | Savage Club, No. 6, Adelphi Terrace; mantelpiece in dining room | Photograph. |
| 86. | Savage Club: (a) entrance hall; (b) dining
room | Photographs. |
| 87. | No. 10, Adelphi Terrace, entrance doorway | (a) Photograph; (b) measured
drawing supplied by the Adelphi
Estate. |
| 88. | (a) No. 9, John Street, niche on landing;
(b) No. 10, Adelphi Terrace, door to north
room on first floor | Photographs. |
| 89. | Adelphi Hotel, Nos. 1–4, John Street in
1906, sections | Measured drawings supplied by the
Adelphi Estate. |
| 90. | Adelphi Hotel in 1906, plans | Measured drawings supplied by the
Adelphi Estate. |
| 91. | Adelphi Hotel: (a) Adam Street entrance;
(b) John Street front | Photographs. |
| 92. | No. 7, Adam Street | Photograph. |
| 93. | Royal Society of Arts, John Street (exterior) | Photograph. |
| 94. | Royal Society of Arts, plans | Supplied by the Adelphi Estate. |
| 95. | Royal Society of Arts, mantelpiece in library | Photograph. |
| 96. | Royal Society of Arts: (a) library; (b) first
floor landing | Photographs supplied by the Royal
Society of Arts. |
| 97. | Royal Society of Arts, meeting room | Photograph supplied by the Royal
Society of Arts. |
| 98. | Royal Society of Arts, mantelpieces | Photographs. |
| 99. | Royal Society of Arts: (a) north front and
entrance to Adelphi Arches; (b) entrance
hall | Photographs. |
| 100. | Entrance doorways: (a) No. 13, John Street;
(b) No. 20, John Street | Photographs. |
| 101. | No. 9, John Street, ceiling to front room on
first floor | Photograph. |
| 102. | No. 20, John Street, ceiling to front room on
first floor | Photograph. |
| 103. | No. 13, John Street, ceilings: (a) front room
on ground floor; (b) front room on first
floor | Photographs. |
| 104. | (a) Elevation to east side of Robert Street in
1906; (b) cross section through houses in
John Street and Adelphi Terrace | From measured drawings supplied
by the Adelphi Estate. |
| 105. | (a) No. 1, Robert Street, ceiling to north-east
room on ground floor; (b) No. 2, Robert
Street, fireplace in dining room on second
floor | Measured drawings supplied by the
Adelphi Estate |
| 106. | (a) No. 4, Adam Street, ceiling to room on
first floor; (b) No. 5, Adam Street, wood
mantelpiece in room on first floor | Photographs. |
| 107. | Ivy Bridge Lane and the Fox-under-the-hill
in 1874 | From a water-colour drawing in the
Council's collection of prints and
drawings. |
| 108. | (a) Archway leading to the Fox-under-the
hill; (b) the Fox-under-the-hill in 1886 | From water-colour drawings in the
Council's collection of prints and drawings. |
| 109. | (a) Ivy Bridge Lane in 1886; (b) Salisbury
Street from the river | (a) From a water-colour drawing in
the Council's collection; (b) from
a water-colour drawing in the
Westminster Public Library. |
| 110. | (a) Salisbury Street circa 1890; (b) Nos.
413–417, Strand circa 1914 | Photographs. |
| 111. | (a) No. 429, Strand (formerly the Westminster Insurance Company) circa 1908; (b)
Exeter Hall (No. 372, Strand) in 1907 | Photographs. |