{"id":1105,"date":"2013-02-16T19:19:57","date_gmt":"2013-02-16T09:19:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/?page_id=1105"},"modified":"2020-02-05T07:57:01","modified_gmt":"2020-02-04T21:57:01","slug":"devonshire-house","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/?page_id=1105","title":{"rendered":"Devonshire House"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Devonshire House was never a factory, but rather was the administrative headquarters of the Rootes Group. Photographing this building was a bit tricky as there is a very busy city happening around it.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">Devonshire House is situated on the block formed by Piccadilly, Berkeley Street, Mayfair Place and Stratton Street. It&#8217;s opposite the Ritz Hotel and close to many famous landmarks, including Buckingham Palace.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The easiest way to get there is on the underground. Devonshire House is conveniently positioned directly above Green Park Station.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com.hk\/maps?q=51.50709,-0.142817&amp;num=1&amp;t=h&amp;hl=en&amp;brcurrent=3,0x0:0x0,0&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;z=14&amp;output=embed\" height=\"350\" width=\"425\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<small><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-align: left;\" href=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com.hk\/maps?q=51.50709,-0.142817&amp;num=1&amp;t=h&amp;hl=en&amp;brcurrent=3,0x0:0x0,0&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;z=14&amp;source=embed\">View Larger Map<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n<p>Photographed on 13 May 1998.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1100\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1100\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3256.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1100\" alt=\"Viewed from Mayfair Place.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3256.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"674\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3256.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3256-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3256-624x420.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1100\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Viewed from Mayfair Place.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1101\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1101\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3257.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1101\" alt=\"The corner of Piccadilly and Stratton Street.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3257.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"674\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3257.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3257-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3257-624x420.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1101\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The corner of Piccadilly and Stratton Street.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1102\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1102\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3258.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1102\" alt=\"The corner of Piccadilly and Stratton Street (both photos). The old showrooms have been partitioned. When this photo was taken there was a Mercedes dealer on this corner, with a Saab dealer in the centre showroom. \" src=\"http:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3258.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"674\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3258.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3258-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3258-624x420.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1102\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The corner of Piccadilly and Stratton Street. The old showrooms have been partitioned. When this photo was taken there was a Mercedes dealer on this corner, with a Saab dealer in the centre showroom.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1103\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1103\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/devhse4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1103\" alt=\"This last photo was taken in the sixties. It appears to be the corner of Piccadilly and Berkeley Street. At the time the above photos were taken this was a Canon showroom. From Graham Robson's Cars of the Rootes Group\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/devhse4.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/devhse4.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/devhse4-300x235.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1103\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This last photo was taken in the sixties. It appears to be the corner of Piccadilly and Berkeley Street. At the time the above photos were taken this was a Canon showroom. From Graham Robson&#8217;s Cars of the Rootes Group<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Devonshire House was never a factory, but rather was the administrative headquarters of the Rootes Group. Photographing this building was a bit tricky as there is a very busy city happening around it. Devonshire House is situated on the block formed by Piccadilly, Berkeley Street, Mayfair Place and Stratton Street. It&#8217;s opposite the Ritz Hotel &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/?page_id=1105\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Devonshire House<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1086,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1105","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P6ptz4-hP","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1105"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2367,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1105\/revisions\/2367"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}