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1901, Pontings replaced their old premises on
Kensington High Street with a new building designed by Arthur Sykes, which was completed in two stages and cost them £14,000. The new building had a large basement and four storeys above and was attached to Scarsdale House, which had not been touched. In the gardens of Scarsdale House were built four blocks (designed by architects E N Clifton & Son) which were used as offices and depositories.
68:. The Ponting family also purchased many Kensington properties which were later used for rental income throughout the 20th century, netting the family a small fortune. Pontings also purchased the whole of the western side of the arcade before construction had started. However, the expansion of the business and the building programme had seen the company over-extend itself, and in December 1906, Pontings sadly went into liquidation.
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which in the 1960s decided to rationalize the businesses of
Barkers. Barkers's Zeeta business and stores on the north side of Kensington High Street were closed before Pontings, the first of the department stores went, being closed down in 1970. The name however lived on, as the unsold stock from the
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In 1898 the company was incorporated, with
William Ponting listed as the biggest shareholder, followed by his brother John. However, William Ponting died shortly after, and the business was no longer directed by the family. The new company chairman was Henry Charles Richards, an M.P. Between 1899 and
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separate business from brother Thomas's
Westbourne Grove business. The business had changed from just a millinery and drapery to a seller of retail fancy goods and silks. In 1893 the premises grew again with the purchase of the adjacent Scarsdale House, the former mansion of the Curzons of Kedleston.
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Brothers, a milliner's, was opened at 125 Kensington High Street, by Thomas's younger brothers William Ponting, John Jones Ponting and Sydney Ponting. The profits made from this venture saw the business expand into 127 (1876) and 123 Kensington High Street (1890). This remained a
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The building became a market known as
Kensington Super Store, before English Property Corporation redeveloped the site. The original building was pulled down and replaced by Pemberton House on Kensington High Street (1976–78) and Kensley House (1982–84) on Wright's Lane, both office blocks, while at
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Scarsdale House was demolished and the
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Gloucestershire and set up in the drapery business was Thomas Ponting who started a small drapery business in Archer Street, just off Westbourne Grove, trading as Thomas H Ponting & Co. By 1868, the business had moved to 123 Westbourne Grove.
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English Property Corporation and the GMW Partnership. From: 'Kensington High Street, south side: Kensington Court to Wright's Lane', Survey of London: volume 42: Kensington Square to Earl's Court (1986), pp. 77-98. URL:
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B. 30 July 1910, p. 128: P.R.O., BT 31/7991/57434: Peel, op. cit., p. 40: HF 8/1/5. From: 'Kensington High Street, south side: Kensington Court to Wright's Lane', Survey of London: volume 42: Kensington Square to Earl's Court (1986), pp. 77-98. URL:
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HF 8/1/8–9: B.R. 57808, Corr. I: The
Architects’ Journal, 9 Jan. 1936, pp. 63, 69. From: 'Kensington High Street, south side: Kensington Court to Wright's Lane', Survey of London: volume 42: Kensington Square to Earl's Court (1986), pp. 77-98. URL:
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B.A. 30948, Corr. I; 38885: K.P.L., M.B.W./L.C.C. planning applications, no. 751. From: 'Kensington High Street, south side: Kensington Court to Wright's Lane', Survey of London: volume 42: Kensington Square to Earl's Court (1986), pp. 77-98. URL:
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The Warehouseman and Draper, 1 July 1899, pp. 891–2: B. 20 May 1899, p. 513. From: 'Kensington High Street, south side: Kensington Court to Wright's Lane', Survey of London: volume 42: Kensington Square to Earl's Court (1986), pp. 77-98. URL:
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P.R.O., BT 31/7991/57434: The Warehouseman and Draper,25 March 1899, p. 443 From: 'Kensington High Street, south side: Kensington Court to Wright's Lane', Survey of London: volume 42: Kensington Square to Earl's Court (1986), pp. 77–98. URL:
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P.O.D.: Peel, op. cit., pp. 39–40. From: 'Kensington High Street, south side: Kensington Court to Wright's Lane', Survey of London: volume 42: Kensington Square to Earl's Court (1986), pp. 77-98. URL:
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Adburgham, op. cit., pp. 164–5. From: 'Kensington High Street, south side: Kensington Court to Wright's Lane', Survey of London: volume 42: Kensington Square to Earl's Court (1986), pp. 77-98. URL:
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