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Thanksgiving Model Buildings, Portpool Lane, Gray's Inn Road, High Holborn, London: the north side partly destroyed by bombs

RIBA Ref No RIBA64595
Architect/DesignerRoberts, Henry (1803-1876)
Artist/PhotographerNewbery, Sydney W. (1894-1985)
CountryUK: England
CityLondon
Subject Date1850
Image Date1943
ViewExterior
StyleVictorian
MediumPhotoprint
Library ReferenceAP68/109 (Newbery 4889)
OrientationLandscape
Colour InfoBlack and white
CreditArchitectural Press Archive / RIBA Collections
SubjectBomb sites ; Brickwork ; Flats ; Housing ; Arches
NOTES: Built for the 'Society for Improving the Conditions of the Labouring Classes', this block consisted of two four-storey buildings providing accommodation for 20 families and 128 single women. Badly bomb-damaged during the Blitz of World War II, the buildings were subsequently demolished.
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