Harrods frontage set for deep clean

12 April 2012

A famous London façade is disappearing for nine months while it is cleaned.

The 100-year-old Harrods frontage in Brompton Road will be hidden behind a giant protective mesh as workmen remove the effects of pollution from its terracotta tiles.

Cleaning the whole outside of the building will take four years.

A Harrods spokesman said: "The terracotta requires refurbishment every 10 years. Once finished, it will look like new."

Designed by CW Stephens, the frontage was built between 1901 and 1905. The building was given a Grade II* listing by English Heritage in 2000.

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