Holles Street
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Holles Street is a street in Marylebone in the City of Westminster in central London that runs from the south side of Cavendish Square to Oxford Street.
History
The street was one of those laid out around 1729
Today
Once the location of small shops and houses, the street is now almost entirely taken up the
Barbara Hepworth's sculpture Winged Figure (1963) is on the Holles Street side of the John Lewis department store.
Gallery
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Holles Street (centre right) on an 1870s Ordnance Survey map.
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Barbara Hepworth's Winged Figure, 1963, on the side of the John Lewis department store in Holles Street and Oxford Street.
References
- ^ Wright, Thomas. (1837) The history and antiquities of London, Westminster, Southwark, and parts adjacent. Vol. V. London: George Virtue. p. 336.
- ISBN 0713401400
- ISBN 978-0-230-75252-8.
External links
Media related to Holles Street at Wikimedia Commons
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