Old houses in Wych Street , Strand, c. 1880. Wych Street contained Elizabethan (17th century) houses with projecting wooden jetties which survived the Great Fire of London in 1666. The street was eventually demolished by the London County Council in 1901 to make way for the Aldwych and Kingsway redevelopment
Category:
Photography
Object ID:
IN6676
Object name:
Old house fronts along Wych Street
Object type:
photographic print
Artist/Maker:
Bedford Lemere and Co.
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Production date:
c. 1880
Material:
paper
Measurements/duration:
H 483 mm, L 357 mm (mounted), H 290 mm, L 195 mm (image size)
