Shop, Macclesfield Street, Soho, ca.1883

From: Henry Dixon & Son

RA Collection: Art

"This street, like Gerard Street, was named after Charles Gerard, first Earl of Macclesfield, who died in 1694 (Cunningham's Handbook). The shop, well known to architects as "the oldest shop in London," was probably built about 1690."

The above description, by Alfred Marks, was taken from the letterpress which accompanies the photographs. In 2008, the building no longer exists.