Harrods is a luxury department store on Brompton Road in Knightsbridge, London, England. The current building was designed by C. W. Stephens for Charles Digby Harrod and opened in 1905, replacing the original store on the site, founded by his father Charles Henry Harrod in 1849, which had burned down in 1881. The store spans 1,100,000 square feet of selling space, making it the largest department store in Europe and one of the largest in the world, drawing about 15 million visitors a year as of 2023, and its building was given Grade II* listed status on the National Heritage List in 1969.
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Building TypeSourced to the subject's own account LocationSourced to the subject's own accountRoyal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, United Kingdom 2 Completed YearSourced to the subject's own account Classification
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1. Harrods (Wikipedia)
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Harrods is a luxury department store on Brompton Road in Knightsbridge, London, England. The current building was designed by C. W. Stephens for Charles Digby Harrod and opened in 1905, replacing the original store on the site, founded by his father Charles Henry Harrod in 1849, which had burned down in 1881. The store spans 1,100,000 square feet of selling space, making it the largest department store in Europe and one of the largest in the world, drawing about 15 million visitors a year as of 2023, and its building was given Grade II* listed status on the National Heritage List in 1969.
Wikipedia infobox building_type field (Department store)
building_type = Department store
Wikipedia infobox completion_date/completed/built field (1905)
Harrods is a luxury department store on Brompton Road in Knightsbridge, London, England. The building was designed by C. W. Stephens for Charles Digby Harrod, and opened in 1905; it replaced the first store on the grounds founded by his father Charles Henry Harrod in 1849, which burned down in 1881. The store spans 1,100,000 square feet (100,000 m2) of selling space, making it the largest departme
- In Style: Victorian Architecture, infobox architectural_style field: Victorian
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Wikimedia FoundationWikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, United KingdomQuote, Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, United Kingdom
Wikidata item Q332474, property P131/P17 (location): Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, United Kingdom
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