Cabmen’s shelters offered cabbies in Victorian London a place to eat and rest at a time when they were banned from leaving their horse-drawn…
The cabmen’s shelter on Wellington Place is the last of 13 surviving buildings to be given protected status
The cabmen’s shelter on Wellington Place was listed at Grade II and is the last of 13 surviving buildings to be given protected status. Built by the Cabmen’s Shelter Fund between 1875 and 1914, fewer than a quarter of the 61 constructed survive today – where they continue to serve modern-day taxi drivers.They can only be used by those who have passed “The Knowledge”, a demanding examination which has tested hopeful cabbies’ grasp of London’s thousands of streets and landmarks for more than 150 years.
Luke Jacob, listing adviser at Historic England, said: “Full of intrigue, history, tea and bacon sarnies, London’s well-loved cabmen’s shelters are distinctive relics of the horse-drawn age in the capital.
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