Porter's rest
Porter's Rest is a Grade II listed storage area for luggage carried by luggage carriers in London .
Location
Porter's Rest is on the south side of Piccadilly in London, opposite house number 127, at a bus stop just before the west end of the street.
description
Two shoulder-high cast iron columns with lotus leaf - capitals rests a fixedly mounted wooden plank with rounded corners. A bronze plaque attached to the side of the plank bears the inscription:
At the Suggestion of RA Slaney Esq. who for 26 Years represented Shrewsbury in Parliament this Porter's Rest was erected in 1861 by the Vestry of St. George Hanover Square for the Benefit of Porters and Others carrying Burdens.
At the suggestion of RA Slaney, who represented Shrewsbury in Parliament for 26 years, this porter rack was built in 1861 by the Vestry (here: the township) of St. George's Parliamentary District Hanover Square for the benefit of porters and others who carry loads.
background
The porter's stand , the function of which can hardly be understood today, fulfilled a practical purpose when it was built in 1861: It enabled the numerous porters who were carrying their loads strapped to back frames to take a break and relax from the weight of the load by setting them down on the To lighten the plank without having to put down the support frame.
When MP RA Slaney, on whose proposal the Porter's Rest goes back, it was Robert Aglionby Slaney (1791-1862), a barrister , the Shrewsbury district as a Member of the Whig Party in the House of Commons with a few interruptions from 1826 to Represented in 1862.
December 1, 1987 was Porter's Rest as a Grade II building in the English Heritage - Monument List added.
literature
- William Kent: An Encyclopedia of London . Dent, 1951
- David Burk: London in Seven Days: A Guide for People in a Hurry . McBride, 1957
Web links
Coordinates: 51 ° 30 '14 " N , 0 ° 8' 52" W.