THE GUARDIAN: Department store on New Bond Street, which opened in 1890s, closes its doors this weekend
More than 130 years after it opened, the flagship Fenwick department store in central London will close its doors for the last time on Saturday.
The four-storey shop in New Bond Street, Mayfair, is shutting after the retailer – which is owned by more than 40 descendants of John James Fenwick, who founded the company with a single store in Newcastle in 1882 – sold the property to developers for £430m.
“I’m actually devastated that it’s closing,” said Rosie Grant, 62, a costume designer, as she visited the store this week to give it “one final, sad, farewell”.
“It just has an elegance to it that you don’t get in other shops. It’s more understated, it’s classic; it has things you actually need. You feel more at home than you do in a behemoth like Selfridges.” » | Rupert Neate, Wealth correspondent | Friday, February 2, 2024
