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Lavers & Barraud 22 Endell Street

These carved letters running along two sides of the building may not be the best lettering examples on the journey, I just like the fact that they’ve survived intact without the indignity of having a new plastic sign screwed through them. Raised lettering is easier to remove: the terracotta letters on Talbot Mansions in Little Russell Street have been entirely carved off.

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Letters: Lavers & Barraud
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Letters: Lavers & Barraud

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In keeping with the architecture the lettering is carved in a strange Victorian interpretation of Gothic.

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In keeping with the architecture the lettering is carved in a strange Victorian interpretation of Gothic.

Click to download the original image.

In keeping with the architecture the lettering is carved in a strange Victorian interpretation of Gothic.

Letters: Stained ... works

Click to download the original image.

In keeping with the architecture the lettering is carved in a strange Victorian interpretation of Gothic.

Click to download the original image.

In keeping with the architecture the lettering is carved in a strange Victorian interpretation of Gothic.