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Selfridges

Selfridges is a department store on Oxford Street in London, opened in 1909 to a steel-framed design with a giant Ionic colonnade. It is Grade II* listed.

Photograph of Selfridges in London
A view of Selfridges department store on Oxford Street in London. The image was taken with an Olympus Camedia D-230. Russ London -- (Russ London). · CC-BY-SA-2.5

Why it matters

Included because it introduced the open-plan sales floor and street-level display window to London, which is why Oxford Street looks the way it does.

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Sources & verification

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National Heritage List for England, entry 1357436: Selfridges (Primary) — checked 2026-09-07
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National Heritage List for England, entry 1357436: Selfridges (Primary) — checked 2026-09-07

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