7: 88 Dean Street
In front of you is a rare survival of a Mid Georgian shop front from 1791.
It’s almost a miracle it has survived as shop fronts were often destroyed or altered when they became old or out of fashion and subsequently ignored by picky shoppers (we’re all guilty).
It’s a lovely example from its time with two bow-fronted oriel windows on either side of the shop door. A lot of the decorative detail is classical but there’s some splendid rococo panel-frames too.
There’s so much to see here that we risk geeking you out on a lot of architectural jargon. To stop you from fleeing, we’ll limit the technical speak to the images where it’ll make more sense.
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