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Harrods is the only department store in Britain that has continued to sell fur. [44] Harrods was sharply criticised in 2004 by the Hindu community for marketing a line of feminine underwear (designed by Roberto Cavalli) which featured the images of Indian goddesses. The line was eventually withdrawn and formal apologies were made.
The Harrods Furniture Depository buildings flank the south bank of the River Thames near Hammersmith Bridge in Barnes, London, England, built on the site of an old soap factory in 1894 as a storage centre for the larger items that could not be taken into Knightsbridge to the Harrods department store.
Claridge's Hotel, new building by C. W. Stephens, 1897 [1] Harrods showing the Brompton Road façade (right) designed by Stephens. Charles William Stephens (c.1845 – 4 August 1917) was a British architect.
The building was acquired by Harrods Estates in 1996, and subsequently converted into apartments. [14] The conversion, which was carried by Kværner, [15] involved the creation of a 25 metres (82 ft) deep basement as well as a tunnel connecting the building to the main Harrods store in Brompton Road. [16]
Stylistically this was a somewhat paradoxical period in London's architectural history, as on the one hand the Industrial Revolution created a variety of new possibilities in terms of materials and construction methods, as well as new building types, but on the other hand London's Victorian architecture was mostly highly historicist: attempting ...
Harrods Estates, part of the Harrods group [2] (Harrods, Harrods Aviation, Air Harrods and Harrods Corporate Services), were founded in 1897 and occupied a discreet position on the ground floor of the main Harrods building before moving three times between 1904 and 1908 as the team expanded in size from two employees to 20.
It had been dubbed the "the Harrods of the North". The building was bought in 2022 by the Martin Property Group who want to split it into smaller units to attract occupants.
Charles Henry Harrod. Charles Henry Harrod (16 April 1799, Lexden, Colchester – 31 March 1885, Chiswick Urban District) [1] was an English business tycoon, involved in the retail trade.