This building was completed in September 1960. It replaces buildings destroyed by enemy action in September 1940.
Slater & Uren F.F.R.I.B.A. - Architects
Rush & Tompkins Ltd - Contractors
W1, Oxford Street, John Lewis
The large aluminium sculpture "Winged Figure" on the side of the building is by Barbara Hepworth. See Ornamental Passions for commentary and a picture.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
John Lewis war damage
Sorry, we've done no research on WW2, it's just too big a subject. But do vis...
Retail group. Founded by John Spedan Lewis after his father John Lewis gave h...
A lovely and unusual plaque - we cannot discover when, nor by whom, it was erected.
The plaque has left room for one more re-roofing, due, on this 64 year maintenance cycle, in 2026.
The information board you can see in the photo has a plan showing the location of the 5 different plaques that commemorate the Great Exhi...
In 1997, as a condition of developing the RNH site, Bellway Homes (the developer) was required to create one acre of public open space - ...
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