Monday, 28 October 2019

23-33 Kenway Rd / SW5

Residential terrace originally constructed in the 1820s by Thomas Smith. Two-storeys with small paved forecourts. London stock brick, most with stucco to ground floor level. Part of Earl's Court Village Conservation Area. Beyond is a ghost sign... 

Phone Frobisher - 1155
James Rugg & Son Ltd
Builders Decorators
Sanitary & Electrical Engineers

Sign is no later than the 1960s as the telephone exchange name 'Frobisher' (FRO) is given, rather than an all-figure number. Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea, London.