PLAN OF THE PROPOSED NEW STREET FROM CHARING CROSS TO PORTLAND PLACE
Also For widening the entrance of Pall Mall and continuing Pall Mall to St Martins Church. For continuing Charles Street St Jame’s Square into Haymarket and for widening Jermyn Street.
Published by E Mogg, No 51 Charing Cross. June 7th 1813. Hand-coloured Hand-coloured Engraving. Measures 55cm x 32cm. (mount 67cm x 47cm). Blank verso. Folded as issued. Currently mounted and framed, available mounted and unframed (or unmounted).
This extremely early engraved plan of what became Regent Street in the City of Westminster dates to 1813 and shows the proposed ‘New Street’ as adopted by an act of Parliament in the same year. The plan shows the ‘New Street’ hand-coloured in yellow, overlayed onto the existing roads and buildings. As the subtitle says, the improvements also include widening beyond Pall Mall in the South and Portland Street in the North. This shows the extent of the clearance required to build the Prince Regent’s eye-wateringly expensive vanity project. Indeed, land and lease purchases were a major contributing factor to the costs doubling from a budget of £600,000 (as approved by Parliament) to the true cost of £1.53 million.
Regent Street is the most iconic shopping street London connecting Pall Mall in the south and Portland Place in the North. It is named after George, the Prince Regent (later George IV) and was laid out under the direction of the architect John Nash and developer James Burton. Construction began in 1819 and was completed in 1825.
Free UK Delivery. For non-UK delivery please request quotation. Only available mounted (unframed) for international customers owing to the risk of the glass breaking in transit.
PLAN OF THE PROPOSED NEW STREET FROM CHARING CROSS TO PORTLAND PLACE
Also For widening the entrance of Pall Mall and continuing Pall Mall to St Martins Church. For continuing Charles Street St Jame’s Square into Haymarket and for widening Jermyn Street.
Published by E Mogg, No 51 Charing Cross. June 7th 1813. Hand-coloured Hand-coloured Engraving. Measures 55cm x 32cm. (mount 67cm x 47cm). Blank verso. Folded as issued. Currently mounted and framed, available mounted and unframed (or unmounted).
This extremely early engraved plan of what became Regent Street in the City of Westminster dates to 1813 and shows the proposed ‘New Street’ as adopted by an act of Parliament in the same year. The plan shows the ‘New Street’ hand-coloured in yellow, overlayed onto the existing roads and buildings. As the subtitle says, the improvements also include widening beyond Pall Mall in the South and Portland Street in the North. This shows the extent of the clearance required to build the Prince Regent’s eye-wateringly expensive vanity project. Indeed, land and lease purchases were a major contributing factor to the costs doubling from a budget of £600,000 (as approved by Parliament) to the true cost of £1.53 million.
Regent Street is the most iconic shopping street London connecting Pall Mall in the south and Portland Place in the North. It is named after George, the Prince Regent (later George IV) and was laid out under the direction of the architect John Nash and developer James Burton. Construction began in 1819 and was completed in 1825.
Free UK Delivery. For non-UK delivery please request quotation. Only available mounted (unframed) for international customers owing to the risk of the glass breaking in transit.
