The Daimler Garage Car Hire, 7 Herbrand Street, London, WC1N

£65.00

Illustration by Andrew Cadey

Designed by Wallis, Gilbert & Partners in the Streamline Moderne (or Art Deco) style for Daimler Car Hire Limited, who provided a luxury chauffeur-driven limousine-hire-service from Knightsbridge in London.

Built in 1931, it has since been converted into office space but is now Grade 2 listed.

To the right was the garage’s main entrance with a sweeping spiral ramp provided parking access to the upper storey for the Daimler fleet. The ramp is expressed externally and emphasised by Crittall metal framed windows which follow the rake of the ramp through three storeys.

Limited first edition print run of 20 (A4 print with 30×40cm mount only)

Illustration by Andrew Cadey

Designed by Wallis, Gilbert & Partners in the Streamline Moderne (or Art Deco) style for Daimler Car Hire Limited, who provided a luxury chauffeur-driven limousine-hire-service from Knightsbridge in London.

Built in 1931, it has since been converted into office space but is now Grade 2 listed.

To the right was the garage’s main entrance with a sweeping spiral ramp provided parking access to the upper storey for the Daimler fleet. The ramp is expressed externally and emphasised by Crittall metal framed windows which follow the rake of the ramp through three storeys.

Limited first edition print run of 20 (A4 print with 30×40cm mount only)

Product Details

Print: Printed on 240gsm Alpha Cellulose paper with a clean white base and a smooth matt surface and acid free. (Titled, signed and numbered in pencil on the reverse)

Mount: High quality ‘ice white’ picture mount with precision cut bevelled edge and a card backing board with printed label. All card is acid free, conservation quality white core, ph neutral board 1.4mm thick