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Description: | This is Prince's Wharf on the east riverside of Millbank. There are examples of the type of building demolished during the clearance of the Westminster slums that once surrounded most of Westminster Abbey and Palace. These riverside buildings were built in the 18th century as genteel private residences, however they are now part of the wharves selling straw and hay. This image shows the area as part of a working city with gasworks and breweries, rather than the tourist area it has become.
The lot numbers on the buildings show that the contents are about to be sold before demolition starts.
The Victoria Gardens that Millbank now overlooks were laid out in 1912-13. Grand Edwardian office blocks such as Millbank House and Westminster House were also built at about this time. The latter once contained the offices of British American Tobacco, but it is now a government building. | Format: | image/jpeg | Publisher: | London Transport Museum | Rights holder: | Transport for London | Subjects: | Cityscape | Temporal: | circa 1905 | Source: | London Transport Museum | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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