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Foster's Bookshop: Chiswick High Road
I've been past Foster's many times and it's the first time that I've seen books outside like this. The oldest shopfront in Chiswick, it was built in the18th Century and is grade II listed. The reason for bowed shopfronts was that the glazing bars were on the outside and the puttied rebate was inside, the reverse of the usual practice. It was easy to dislodge the putty, remove the glass and steal something. This was safer, they would rarely have been fitted with 'bottle glass'. Fosters book shop is wonderful if you love books. The interior is piled high with antiquarian books, fine bindings, children's illustrated and first editions. The entire building is Georgian. I've always had a fondness for Chiswick High Road, because it hadn't been taken over by the 'High Street' shops., as Hammersmith & Richmond had. Sadly over the last few years 'they' have crept in, also every other new business to open is a Brasserie.
Late C18. Brown brick. 3-storeys. 2 double-hung sashes in reveals with flat arches. Good original bowed shop front flanked by 2 doors (one with traceried fan) and narrow pilasters; entablature with dentil cornice over all. British Listed Buildings
Foster's Bookshop: Chiswick High Road
I've been past Foster's many times and it's the first time that I've seen books outside like this. The oldest shopfront in Chiswick, it was built in the18th Century and is grade II listed. The reason for bowed shopfronts was that the glazing bars were on the outside and the puttied rebate was inside, the reverse of the usual practice. It was easy to dislodge the putty, remove the glass and steal something. This was safer, they would rarely have been fitted with 'bottle glass'. Fosters book shop is wonderful if you love books. The interior is piled high with antiquarian books, fine bindings, children's illustrated and first editions. The entire building is Georgian. I've always had a fondness for Chiswick High Road, because it hadn't been taken over by the 'High Street' shops., as Hammersmith & Richmond had. Sadly over the last few years 'they' have crept in, also every other new business to open is a Brasserie.
Late C18. Brown brick. 3-storeys. 2 double-hung sashes in reveals with flat arches. Good original bowed shop front flanked by 2 doors (one with traceried fan) and narrow pilasters; entablature with dentil cornice over all. British Listed Buildings