Liberty & Company Limited, Great Marlborough Street, Westminster, London

Liberty's new store was built of timber from two ships, the 'Hindustan' and 'Impregnable'. Both were broken up during the Admiralty's post-war economy drive. Liberty's had been founded in 1875 for the sale of oriental goods and soon branched out into furnishings and clothes. The original shop was on Regent Street but the firm bought freeholds to the rear and in 1924 opened their new store, designed by architects Edwin T Hall and E Stanley Hall.
Historic England Archive BL27070/016.