Gosling & Sons

51°27′36″N 0°18′22″W / 51.460028°N 0.306228°W / 51.460028; -0.306228

Gosling & Sons' new building in 1905

Gosling & Sons was a draper and then department store on George Street in Richmond, London.

History and description

Gosling & Sons was opened in 1795 at 80 George Street as Gosling's Drapery by John Hunt Gosling. Its operations gradually expanded beyond its original listing as a linen draper, and with it the premises expanded too. John Hunt Gosling died in 1886 with his sons taking over the firm before their deaths at the end of the 19th century after which the family lost its interests in the firm. A large expansion was carried out around the turn of the 20th century, where it enveloped a number of properties on the west of Golden Court.[page needed]

In 1947 the store was acquired by John Barker & Co Ltd. Following a significant fire in the 1962 the store was demolished in 1968. The land was sold to Dickens & Jones who put up a new building with the company eventually dissolved in 1974.[dubious – discuss] In 2007 the store was renamed as a House of Fraser which was closed in 2020 to be refurbished and reopened as a mixed-use development known as "The Gosling".

References

  1. 1 2 "HOUSE OF FRASER Archive :: Company: Gosling & Sons Ltd". www.housefraserarchive.ac.uk. Retrieved 2026-11-09.
  2. ↑ Brownlee, Michael (2018). The economic and social development of Richmond and Twickenham in the nineteenth century (doctoral thesis). University of London.
  3. ↑ Coulter, John (2016-07-01). Squares of London. The History Press. ISBN 978-0-7509-6068-7.
  4. ↑ "75-81 George Street, Richmond, London, TW9". Colman Architects. Retrieved 2026-11-09.
  5. ↑ "The Gosling | A new flagship in the heart of Richmond". www.thegosling.co. Retrieved 2026-11-09.
  6. ↑ "House of Fraser - Richmond". EEH VENTURES. Retrieved 2026-11-09.