09-04-2024 07:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

London’s last unprotected cabmen’s shelter gets heritage protection

There are a baker’s dozen surviving cabmen’s shelters in London, with their distinctive green shed appearance. All but one are protected from demolition. Now, the last of the thirteen —  near Lord’s Cricket Ground — has been granted Grade II heritage protection from demolition.
Cabmen’s shelter on Wellington Place, St John’s Wood (c) Historic England Archive
A  charity, the Cabmen’s Shelter Fund built the wooden huts as rest stops for lic
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