Doorway, College Hill. Photographer: Dixon and Son, Henry
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Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of 'one of the doorways of a house, built, probably, for a merchant's residence. From its style it may well be from Wren's designs, but I have not been able to find any documentary evidence of this.'
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of 'the Gatehouse, a building of James I,' here occupied by barber's shop: 'The statement conveyed by the inscription surrounding the picture of a 'hair-cutting saloon,' that this was 'formerly the Palace of Henry VIII and Cardinal Wolsey' — not mer...
Genre: Architectural Photography View of Churchyard Court, north of the Temple Church, looking towards the house of the Master of the Temple, against which stand the tombs of John Hiccocks (with recumbent statue) and Samuel Mead.
Old houses in the Strand. Photographer: Dixon and Son, Henry
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Genre: Architectural Photography View of group of timber-framed houses, in use as shops, at 163-167 Strand: 'These houses are on the south side of the Strand, almost opposite to the church of St. Mary-le-Strand. The regulations introduced after the Great Fire against the building of timber-hous...
Great St. Helen's, Bishopsgate Street. Photographer: Dixon and Son, Henry
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Genre: Architectural Photography View looking along the alleyway towards the south entrance of the church, with part of a large timber-framed house in the left foreground.
Emanuel Hospital, Westminster Photographer: Dixon and Son, Henry
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Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards the pedimented entrance: 'Emanuel Hospital, in James Street, Buckingham Gate, the most picturesque of the London almshouses, is also known as Lady Dacre's Almshouses … It is understood that a scheme in preparation for dealing with the Hospit...