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...
Hawkins lived here with his family 1856 - 1872.
These two inscriptions are either side of the entrance steps. The patient entrance is now around the corner and this grand entrance seems...
2018: The Telegraph included this little gem in their Unsung buildings that bring Victorian London to life. They write: "It was built by ...
These people do seem to have been obsessed with the "Coronation Year". As well as these two memorials there is a large building behind th...
The steps are rather grand for a public park and look to us as if left over from a now-demolished substantial building (factory, head off...
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