Park Mansions (London)

United Kingdom / England / London / A315 Knightsbridge
 mixed-used building, block of flats
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Park Mansions, a block of flats and shops erected in 1897-1902. This occupies the eastern triangle of the Knightsbridge Green Conservation Area, also known as Scotch Corner. The site was developed in two phases: the eastern corner in 1897-98, and the western part in 1900-02. Between these two parts, the Park Mansions Arcade was built with a central octagon under a glazed cupola, subsequently known as the Knights Arcade and now incorporated into a shop. The building rises to a prominent eight storeys at the intersection between Knightsbridge and Brompton Road. Faced in red brick and Bath stone, with red granite pilasters, it has double height shopfronts to the groundfloor.

www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vol45/pp79-88
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Coordinates:   51°30'4"N   -0°9'42"E
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