Scotch Corner (Knightsbridge) Explained

Scotch Corner is the road junction of Knightsbridge with the inceptive Brompton Road and Sloane Street. It is within the City of Westminster, facing the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.

It was informally named after The Scotch House, clothing retail store which used to be on the western corner.^[1] Other landmarks in the vicinity within Westminster  - which takes in the park  - have included Bowater House, now replaced by One Hyde Park, and the Hyde Park Hotel across from Harvey Nichols department store in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

Further reading

• Web site: 'Knightsbridge Green Area: Scotch Corner and the High Road', in Survey of London. 45, Knightsbridge. John Greenacombe . (London. 2000. 79–88. British History Online. 16 May 2020.
• City of Westminster Conservation Area Audits, Albert Gate: Knightsbridge - January 2020

Notes and References

1. Web site: 'Knightsbridge Green Area: Scotch Corner and the High Road', in Survey of London. 45, Knightsbridge. John Greenacombe . (London. 2000. 79–88. British History Online. 16 May 2020.
2. Web site: Bowater House and Edinburgh Gate, in Knightsbridge North Side: Parkside to Albert Gate Court, West of Albert Gate, Survey of London: Volume 45, Knightsbridge, ed. John Greenacombe . London. 2000. 53–63. 12 August 2018.
3. News: One Hyde Park. 6 June 2011. e-architect.
4. News: Welding work at Mandarin Oriental believed to have set fire to planted wall. Lake. Emma. 11 June 2018. 13 June 2018. The Caterer.
5. Web site: History. Debenhams. 28 April 2015.