Leonard Bentley
Northumberland Avenue
This is a Magic Lantern Slide showing the building which housed the Society for promoting Christian Knowledge on the corner of Northumberland Avenue and Great Scotland Yard which was completed in 1879, it was one of the new buildings in the then recently laid out Northumberland Avenue which was completed in 1876. On the left is Great Scotland Yard and on the right is the Hotel Victoria which was opened in 1887. In 1891-92 an additional floor was added, and a similar roof line built, so this photograph dates between 1887 and 1891. In the late 1950s the building became the Nigerian High Commission and renamed Nigeria House and it remains so today. In the 1970s the Commission staff played fast and loose with the local parking regulations which were being enforced by Metropolitan Police Traffic Wardens based at Cannon Row Police Station, their unpaid fines rivalled the unpaid fines issued to staff at the American Embassy.
Northumberland Avenue
This is a Magic Lantern Slide showing the building which housed the Society for promoting Christian Knowledge on the corner of Northumberland Avenue and Great Scotland Yard which was completed in 1879, it was one of the new buildings in the then recently laid out Northumberland Avenue which was completed in 1876. On the left is Great Scotland Yard and on the right is the Hotel Victoria which was opened in 1887. In 1891-92 an additional floor was added, and a similar roof line built, so this photograph dates between 1887 and 1891. In the late 1950s the building became the Nigerian High Commission and renamed Nigeria House and it remains so today. In the 1970s the Commission staff played fast and loose with the local parking regulations which were being enforced by Metropolitan Police Traffic Wardens based at Cannon Row Police Station, their unpaid fines rivalled the unpaid fines issued to staff at the American Embassy.