Wolseley Motors, a part of the Vickers engineering combine, lost its long-term leadership of the British car industry in the early 1920s and fell into receivership in 1926.
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The six storey building, commissioned by Wolseley Motors Limited who bought the site in 1919 for a car showroom and London sales offices, was designed by William Curtis Green, his inspiration was drawn from a recently constructed bank building that he had seen in Boston.
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