Duke Street
Corner of Oxford Street (near Bond Street tube station)
London W1
Nearby Buildings
Photograph by George P. Landow; text by Jacqueline Banerjee
Duke Street, already established as a street of "trade and multioccupation" (Sheppard), was extensively rebuilt during the later decades of the nineteenth century. The first parts to be rebuilt were the corner blocks with Oxford Street. Shown here is the one on the eastern side of the street, which has the address of 411-413 Oxford Street. This was rebuilt in 1870-72 by Thomas Cundy III, originally for a chemist. The church seen further down is King's Weigh House Church, by Alfred Waterhouse (1889-91), described by Reginald Turnor as "Romanesque of a sort... an extraordinary building in brick and terra-cotta" (93); it is now a Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral. There are some other fine late Victorian buildings on the same side of the street.
Sources
Sheppard, F. H. W., gen. ed. "Duke Street Area: Introduction." Survey of London, Vol. 40. 1980. Viewed 19 December 2007.
Turnor, Reginald. Nineteenth Century Architecture in Britain. London: Batsford, 1950.
Last modified 20 December 2007