Former Flower Market, Covent Garden, London: the east elevation on Wellington Street with three arches of white brick, Portland stone and salmon terracotta Architect/Designer W. Cubitt & Company Artist/Photographer Toomey, Bill (1922-) Country UK: England City London Subject Date 1872 Image Date 1975 View Exterior Style Victorian Medium Photoprint Library Reference AP Box 199 Covent Garden 1980s Orientation Landscape Colour Info Black and white Credit Architectural Press Archive / RIBA Collections Subject Brickwork ; Terracotta ; Cast iron ; Markets ; Arcades ; Stone
NOTES: Designed by William R. Rogers (born Rodriguez) of W. Cubitt & Company and built in 1871-1872 this complex building with its extensions has fronts on four streets. The Flower Market relocated to New Covent Garden, Nine Elms, Battersea, in 1974 when the building was left vacant. It was eventually restored and converted in 1978-1980 for the London Transport Museum by the London Transport Architect's Department.
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