Whiteleys, Queensway, Bayswater, London: the central winding staircase
Architect/Designer | Belcher & Joass |
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Artist/Photographer | Smith, Edwin (1912-1971) |
Country | UK: England |
City | London |
Subject Date | 1912 |
Image Date | 1961 |
View | Interior |
Medium | Photoprint |
Library Reference | ESP/SHP/67 (ES7876) |
Orientation | Portrait |
Colour Info | Black and white |
Credit | Edwin Smith / RIBA Collections |
Subject | Stairs ; Columns ; Shops ; Entrance halls |
NOTES: This was London's first department store. Created by the draper William Whiteley, it opened in 1911. It closed as a department store in 1981 and reopened as a shopping centre after extensive remodelling in 1989.
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