Long view of the newly built Beit Building frontage 1931

Long view of the newly built Beit Building frontage 1931

This photograph hangs on the right had wall of the alcove and shows Prince Consort Road with only three parked cars This final piece of the quadrangle was completed after the death of Sir Aston Webb in 1929, by his son, Maurice Webb. One unkind commentator said of the building “it is in the terrible style of the reactionaries of the 1920s, that is, plain brick, with occasional outbursts of pilasters and columns and pediments.”

A bit cruel don’t you think? Particularly as the design is a miniaturised rip-off of his father’s design for the façade of Buckingham Palace, and these commentators wouldn’t dream of criticising Buck House.

That;s the photos in the alcove all looked at. It leaves us at the bat and tirsty. Let's order a drink before we move on to the final photograph. It is axross thde other side of the Bar between the small door and the darts board........