Gardens · London
Simpsons of Piccadilly
Simpsons of Piccadilly — a garden in england-london, United Kingdom.
Helmut Zozmann — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2.5 h
- Best time of year
- Spring & summer (Apr–Sep)
About
Simpsons of Piccadilly is a garden of interest in england-london, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Simpsons of Piccadilly was a large retail store situated at 203–206 Piccadilly in central London, England. It was created by Alexander Simpson and the architect Joseph Emberton. When it opened in April 1936, it was the largest menswear store in Britain, and is now a Grade II* listed building due to its innovative construction. Its original purpose was to house the entire range of clothing provided by the tailoring company S. Simpsons and DAKS. It was later purchased by the Waterstones chain of bookshops.
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Background
History
After the launch of the successful DAKS trousers in 1934, Alexander Simpson wanted a store in which to stock the entire S Simpson range in central London. Wanting a location near Savile Row so that the foreign visitors to that street could go to examine Simpson clothes nearby for its high quality ready-to-wear tailoring, in 1935 the site of the old Geological Museum in Piccadilly was to be sold on a 99-year building lease, which Simpson won at auction for £11,000. The site had a 71 ft frontage on both Piccadilly and on Jermyn Street (rear entrance) with a footprint of about 11,000 sqft The building's main elements were large bands of Portland stone alternating with strips of windows…
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- Coordinates
- 51.5092, -0.1361
- Address
- Piccadilly<br />London, United Kingdom
- Established
- 1936
- Official site
- www.sjp.org.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q7521170 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Simpsons of Piccadilly (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Simpsons of Piccadilly?
- Simpsons of Piccadilly is in London, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 51.5092°, -0.1361°.
- When was Simpsons of Piccadilly built?
- Simpsons of Piccadilly dates to 1936.