Bush House

Bush House is a building between Aldwych and The Strand in London at the southern end of Kingsway.

This quintessentially British building was commissioned, designed and originally owned by American individuals and companies. Irving T. Bush gained approval for his plans for the building in 1919, which was planned as a major new trade centre and designed by American architect Harvey Wiley Corbett. The construction was undertaken by John Mowlem & Co.

In 1944 Bush House suffered damage from a V-1 flying bomb dropped in the Aldwych. One of the statues lost an arm. The statue remained damaged until 1970 when an American visiting his daughter at the London School of Economics, which is nearby, saw the damaged statue. He worked for the Indiana Limestone Company and persuaded the company to send a new arm and a stonemason to attach it in time for the Silver Jubilee celebrations of Elizabeth II in 1977.

Photo 493, May 2011

Bush House

Photo 494, May 2011