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...
London County Council Thomas Rowlandson 1757-1827 artist and caricaturist lived in a house on this site.
Chumleigh Gardens is a delightful, hidden away, gem. In our photo, the Hinds and Chumleigh plaques are either side of the white door, le...
We've not seen wet slate plaques look so bad before. Perhaps this is some slate-imitation, which can't cope with rain.
This is the foundation stone from the Norwegian church that preceded St Olavs, at another site.
Sir Bernard Spilsbury, 1877 - 1947, forensic pathologist, lived here, 1912 - 1940. English Heritage
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