Scotch Corner (Knightsbridge)
Scotch Corner is the road junction of Knightsbridge with the inceptive Brompton Road and Sloane Street. It is within the City of Westminster, facing the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
It was informally named after The Scotch House, clothing retail store which used to be on the western corner. Other landmarks in the vicinity within Westminster – which takes in the park – have included Bowater House, now replaced by One Hyde Park, and the Hyde Park Hotel across from Harvey Nichols department store in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
References
- ^ John Greenacombe, ed. (2000). "'Knightsbridge Green Area: Scotch Corner and the High Road', in Survey of London". (London: British History Online. pp. 79–88. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- ^ "Bowater House and Edinburgh Gate, in Knightsbridge North Side: Parkside to Albert Gate Court, West of Albert Gate, Survey of London: Volume 45, Knightsbridge, ed. John Greenacombe". London. 2000. pp. 53–63. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
- ^ "One Hyde Park". e-architect. Retrieved 6 June 2011.
- ^ Lake, Emma (11 June 2018). "Welding work at Mandarin Oriental believed to have set fire to planted wall". The Caterer. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
- ^ "History". Debenhams. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
Further reading
- John Greenacombe, ed. (2000). "'Knightsbridge Green Area: Scotch Corner and the High Road', in Survey of London". (London: British History Online. pp. 79–88. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- City of Westminster Conservation Area Audits, Albert Gate: Knightsbridge - January 2020
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