Leonard Bentley
Bridge Street
This photograph was taken from Westminster Bridge looking west towards Bridge Street on the left. The photograph dates from the mid 1860s, the Bridge has just been completed (1862) and the Victoria Embankment is yet to be built. The corner plot subsequently occupied by the St. Stephen's Club (1875) and then by Portcullis House (2001), was occupied at the time of the photograph by Ginger's Hotel and a Wine Merchant; I wonder if the owner had red hair?
The parapet seen in the photograph had to be removed when the Victoria Embankment was finally completed in 1870.
Bridge Street
This photograph was taken from Westminster Bridge looking west towards Bridge Street on the left. The photograph dates from the mid 1860s, the Bridge has just been completed (1862) and the Victoria Embankment is yet to be built. The corner plot subsequently occupied by the St. Stephen's Club (1875) and then by Portcullis House (2001), was occupied at the time of the photograph by Ginger's Hotel and a Wine Merchant; I wonder if the owner had red hair?
The parapet seen in the photograph had to be removed when the Victoria Embankment was finally completed in 1870.