tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post4217476212383693491..comments2024-03-25T15:10:13.792+00:00Comments on English Buildings: Charterhouse Street, LondonPhilip Wilkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-55160807277865278992013-12-12T22:54:59.352+00:002013-12-12T22:54:59.352+00:00That is Smiths of Smithfield, I think, run by the ...That is Smiths of Smithfield, I think, run by the Masterchef guy John Torode. Bar/restaurant on ground and three upper floors. http://www.smithsofsmithfield.co.uk/<br />Derelict until they restored it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-75130338492147349662013-12-12T11:53:02.176+00:002013-12-12T11:53:02.176+00:00Interesting building - at least it is still standi...Interesting building - at least it is still standing!<br />LizThe Greenockianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05241154433325603580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-91582579327076061712013-12-12T09:00:06.759+00:002013-12-12T09:00:06.759+00:00Yes. I suppose the mixture is a product of Victori...Yes. I suppose the mixture is a product of Victorian private enterprise, with each business choosing its preferred style. Of course now the mixture is even more diverse, with art deco and modernism thrown in there too.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-52531922822666201982013-12-12T08:53:41.502+00:002013-12-12T08:53:41.502+00:00Smithfield Market's redevelopment was already ...Smithfield Market's redevelopment was already completed, before Charterhouse Street was touched. So it is interesting that the old warehouse owners chose a non-matching, more exotic Venetian style. <br /><br />Polychrome brightness doesn't offend me in the slightest. Alternating architectural styles next to each other is a more telling issue.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.com