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BON MARCHE DEPARTMENT STORE, BRIXTON ROAD, BRIXTON

BON MARCHE DEPARTMENT STORE, BRIXTON ROAD, BRIXTON

Interior staircase at the Bon Marché, department store at the junction of Brixton Road and Ferndale Road. The store was opened on 1st April 1877 at a cost of £70,000 and built to the designs of Lambeth architects, Messrs H. Parsons & Rawlings. It was modelled on Parisian department stores, offering a wide variety of goods under one roof - then a novelty in London. An accommodation block was built adjacent for employees containing over 100 apartments and with male and female dining rooms.
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Ref:07692
Identifier:SP16/846/Bon.3
Date:c.1910

#1901 - 1925  #ARCHITECTURE / BUILDINGS  #BRIXTON  #Photograph  #SHOPS AND SHOPPING