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Pontings was a department store based in Kensington High Street, London and operated from 1863 to 1970. It was seen as the least prestigious of the big three Kensington department stores. ==Early History== Pontings started out as a small drapery business by Thomas Ponting in Archer Street, just off Westbourne Grove, as Thomas H Ponting & Co. Thomas was one of four brothers and had been born in Gloucester. By 1868, the business had moved to 123 Westbourne Grove and Thomas had been joined by his brothers, William, Sydney and John.〔P.O.D.: Peel, op. cit., pp. 39–40. From: 'Kensington High Street, south side: Kensington Court to Wright's Lane', Survey of London: volume 42: Kensington Square to Earl's Court (1986), pp. 77-98. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50310 Date accessed: 30 October 2014.〕 In 1873, Ponting Brothers, a milliner's, was opened at 125 Kensington High Street. The profits made from this venture saw the business expand into 127 (1876) and 123 Kensington High Street (1890). The business had changed from just a millinery and drapery to a seller of retail fancy goods and silks.〔Adburgham, op. cit., pp. 164–5. From: 'Kensington High Street, south side: Kensington Court to Wright's Lane', Survey of London: volume 42: Kensington Square to Earl's Court (1986), pp. 77-98. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50310 Date accessed: 30 October 2014.〕 In 1893 the premises grew again with the purchase of the adjacent Scarsdale House, the former mansion of the Curzons of Kedleston.〔http://www.housefraserarchive.ac.uk/company/?id=c0562〕 In 1898 the company was incorporated, with William Ponting listed as the biggest shareholder, followed by his brother John. However, William Ponting died shortly after, and the business was no longer directed by the family. The new company chairman was Henry Charles Richards, an M.P.〔P.R.O., BT 31/7991/57434: The Warehouseman and Draper,25 March 1899, p. 443 From: 'Kensington High Street, south side: Kensington Court to Wright's Lane', Survey of London: volume 42: Kensington Square to Earl's Court (1986), pp. 77–98. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50310 Date accessed: 30 October 2014.〕 Between 1899 and 1901, Pontings replaced their old premises on Kensington High Street with a new building designed by Arthur Sykes, which was completed in two stages and cost them £14,000. The new building had a large basement and four storeys above and was attached to Scarsdale House, which had not been touched.〔The Warehouseman and Draper, 1 July 1899, pp. 891–2: B. 20 May 1899, p. 513. From: 'Kensington High Street, south side: Kensington Court to Wright's Lane', Survey of London: volume 42: Kensington Square to Earl's Court (1986), pp. 77-98. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50310 Date accessed: 30 October 2014.〕 In the gardens of Scarsdale House were built four blocks (designed by architects E N Clifton & Son) which were used as offices and depositories.〔B.A. 30948, Corr. I; 38885: K.P.L., M.B.W./L.C.C. planning applications, no. 751. From: 'Kensington High Street, south side: Kensington Court to Wright's Lane', Survey of London: volume 42: Kensington Square to Earl's Court (1986), pp. 77-98. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50310 Date accessed: 30 October 2014.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pontings」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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