Key Words :- furniture

Address :- 134-146 Curtain Road, Shoreditch, London, Greater London, EC1V 9LT
Grid Ref :- TQ 33286 82598
Co-ordinates :- Lat 51.526573 , Long -0.080056
Local Authority :- Hackney London Borough Council
Pre 1974 County :- Middlesex
Site Status :- Listed - Grade II
Historic England List No :- 1391632,
Site Dates :- 1881-2 -

Description and History of Site:-
Former furniture showroom, warehouse and workshops for the wholesale furniture manufacturers C & R Light. Built 1881-2 to designs by C Creese Harrison.

One of the best surviving and well known of the showroom warehouses within South Shoreditch.

Further Reading and References:-
'Behind the Veneer: The South Shoreditch Furniture Trade and its Buildings'
English Heritage, 2006.
https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/publications/behind-the-veneer-south-shoreditch/behind-the-veneer/

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Contributor :- Robert Mason - 19 April 2022
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