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An architectural model of the W. H. Smith building, Bridge House, Albert Embankment
An architectural model of the W. H. Smith building, Bridge House, Albert Embankment, 1930s, designed by Herbert O Ellis & Clarke and ‘Architect to W. H. Smith’, F. C. Bayliss, 1930s, finished front and back and painted with signage, the painted base applied with a painted plaque 'Bridge House . Lambeth . The New Stationary Factory of W. H. Smith & Son', the interior of the base fitted for a lighting tube, 69cm wide, 13cm deep, 51cm high
Provenance:The W. H. Smith Archive
Footnote:Opened in 1935, ‘Bridge House’, which stood on London’s Albert Embankment was designed and built for the booksellers, W. H. Smith & Son, Ltd. Located immediately south of Lambeth Bridge (1929-1932), the building was demolished without resistance in the 1970’s and since that time has been almost entirely forgotten about, despite being one of the best examples of interwar ‘factory’ buildings to have been built in London. The building was intended to serve as both a stationery factory and book-binding workshop, allowing Smith’s to consolidate three existing west end buildings into one.
Sold for £620
An architectural model of the W. H. Smith building, Bridge House, Albert Embankment, 1930s, designed by Herbert O Ellis & Clarke and ‘Architect to W. H. Smith’, F. C. Bayliss, 1930s, finished front and back and painted with signage, the painted base applied with a painted plaque 'Bridge House . Lambeth . The New Stationary Factory of W. H. Smith & Son', the interior of the base fitted for a lighting tube, 69cm wide, 13cm deep, 51cm high
The W. H. Smith Archive
Opened in 1935, ‘Bridge House’, which stood on London’s Albert Embankment was designed and built for the booksellers, W. H. Smith & Son, Ltd. Located immediately south of Lambeth Bridge (1929-1932), the building was demolished without resistance in the 1970’s and since that time has been almost entirely forgotten about, despite being one of the best examples of interwar ‘factory’ buildings to have been built in London. The building was intended to serve as both a stationery factory and book-binding workshop, allowing Smith’s to consolidate three existing west end buildings into one.
Double-sided , ground floor right hand door with damaged cellophane. Plinth with paint loss to the front right corner, cardboard plaque discoloured and black to lettering very worn. Reverse, first floor window right elow NG of BINDING is broken, otherwise surface scuffed and dirty but overall in good condition
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Auction: The W. H. Smith Archive | Timed Online, ending 31st Aug, 2025
