Current condition
Demolished / No longer exists
Date completed
(Day, Month, & Year are approximate.)
Date closed / demolished
(Day, Month, & Year are approximate.)
Completion date is a guess, based on gw's comment below.
Demolition date also a guess, based on completion date for next building on the site and Klaus's comment below.
Corrections welcome!
Later place(s) at this location
Photos that show this Place
1924
c.1925
c.1925
Comments
Demolition date
Demolition date could be 1978 or even earlier - see https://gwulo.com/media/29081
The 1938 street index gives…
The 1938 street index gives the name "Mirador" for the building 455 The Peak.
Completion
RBL 150 was put up for public auction on 23 August 1920, described as “East of RBL 12, Barker Road” (GG S 196/1920).
I can’t find a newspaper report of the auction result, but Annelisec tells us that in 1920, Felix Maurice ELLIS ( Felix Maurice ELLIS [1895-1949] | Gwulo ) was the owner of RBL 150 ( https://gwulo.com/node/7679 ), so it may have been him who won the auction. According to the 1922 & 1923 Jury Lists, ELLIS called 25 Belilios Terrace home, but the 1924 Jury List, published on 6 March 1924, has him at 455 Barker Road, The Peak. Similarly, the 1924 List of Peak Residents gives his address as “Barker Road, 455, Peak” ( 1924 - Asian directories and chronicles - National Library of Scotland ).
In the Peak Renumbering Exercise of 1 January 1924 ( Peak Renumbering | Gwulo ) , No. 144A The Peak became No. 455. The fact that it had a number before 1st Jan 1924 suggests the building was in existence by that date rather than still being under construction.
The 1924 Peak Map shows RBL 150 as No. 455 ( The Peak - Map 1924 (1 of 2) | Gwulo ) .
From the above it can be concluded that construction on RBL 150 commenced at sometime after the public auction of 23 August 1920 and was probably completed in 1923. Briefly it was unofficially numbered No. 144A The Peak, before officially becoming No. 455 The Peak from 1st January 1924.
As none of the above sources mention a name for the building, perhaps it didn’t have one in those early years.
Demolition in 1948 already
It turned out that the building was already demolished in 1948 and replaced by a new one: 455 The Peak, R.B.L. 150 (second generation) [c.1952-1978]. Please correct the demolition date.