James Gray: Taken soon after the hotel was rebuilt in 1866. Note the newness of the façade. The kerbside railing is without the cross members which were added later. The premises which we now know as the Salisbury Hotel, 143-145 Kings Road, the other side of Bedford Square, were then three separate houses. jgc_01_023 and jgc_01_024
James Gray: No comment. jgc_01_025 and jgc_01_026
James Gray: No comment. jgc_01_027
James Gray: This photograph taken in 1883 shows how little the external appearance of the buildings has altered over the years. Certainly the railings have gone, electricity has replaced gas, and the roadway has been cleaned up, but note that two ornamental lamps can still be seen outside the Norfolk Hotel to this day. jgc_01_028
James Gray: No comment. jgc_01_029
James Gray: I would say that this photograph is several years earlier than the other one of the hotel (jgc_01_028) and probably dates from the middle 1870s. Two of the graceful houses west of the hotel were later rebuilt in the ugly late Victorian style – see previous photograph. jgc_01_030
James Gray: No comment. jgc_01_031
James Gray: Note the broom for sweeping the dirt from the road by the bath chair. jgc_01_032
James Gray: No comment. jgc_01_033
James Gray: The entrance to the recently built Norfolk Hotel. Exact year unknown, but of the period 1868-1872. jgc_01_034
James Gray: View of the road and Norfolk Hotel, 1868 – 1872. jgc_01_036
James Gray: Yet another view of the Norfolk Hotel, seen from the South pavement. Possibly just a few years later than previous photographs. jgc_01_037