8-9 Giltspur St / entrance

Entrance to 8 & 9 Giltspur Street, built 1907 in an Edwardian Baroque style using red brick and sandstone. Now converted to apartments. City of London.

"Originally known as Knightrider Street and in part as Rennerstrete, is thought to record the passage of knights to nearby tournaments at Smithfield; and gilt spurs may indeed have been made here." EC1, City of London.

(CC-by-SA - credit: Photo by George Rex.)