James Gray: The Regency shop front of 102, St. James’s Street – 1948. For most of its long life this shop has been occupied as poulterers or fishmongers. jgc_22_016
2018: The first floor balustrade has been removed but the fishy connection remains; it is now The Daily Catch, although it appears not to be trading. (Photographer: April Wright)
James Gray: These substantial buildings, 61 and 61a, were to be found between St Mary’s Place (see previous) and Mount Street. The large corner building, though almost certainly not the original, for more than a century formed part of the old established Rock Brewery, while beyond it was the Horse and Groom Public House. The photograph was taken for me on 25 April 1976 and later the buildings shared the fate of St Mary’s Place, being demolished in mid-1978. jgc_22_021
James Gray: This church was erected in 1877-1879, at a cost of £20,000, on the site of a former ecclesiastical building. This was St Mary’s Chapel, a much smaller edifice that dated from 1827. This photograph, showing a strangely quiet St James’s Street, was taken in the early 1880s. Additional Information: Architect: William Emerson; architect of previous chapel on the site, which collapsed, A H Wilds. jgc_22_028
2019: St Mary’s Church remains today largely as it was built. (Photographer: Kate Ormond)